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A Torch Against the Night (An Ember in the Ashes, #2) QUOTES

A Torch Against the Night (An Ember in the Ashes, #2) QUOTES

1 " So long as you fight the darkness, you stand in the light. "

― Sabaa Tahir , A Torch Against the Night (An Ember in the Ashes, #2)

2 " Your emotions make you human. Even the unpleasant ones have a purpose. Don't lock them away. If you ignore them, they just get louder and angrier. "

― Sabaa Tahir , A Torch Against the Night (An Ember in the Ashes, #2)

3 " Mercy is weakness. Offer it to your enemies and you might as well fall upon your own sword. "

― Sabaa Tahir , A Torch Against the Night (An Ember in the Ashes, #2)

4 " Don't lock yourself away from those who care about you because you think you'll hurt them - or they'll hurt you. What point is there in being human if you don't let yourself feel anything? "

― Sabaa Tahir , A Torch Against the Night (An Ember in the Ashes, #2)

5 " You fool, Helene. When you love, there is always more pain. "

― Sabaa Tahir , A Torch Against the Night (An Ember in the Ashes, #2)

6 " Perhaps grief is like battle: After experiencing enough of it, your body’s instincts take over. When you see it closing in like a Martial death squad, you harden your insides. You prepare for the agony of a shredded heart. And when it hits, it hurts, but not as badly, because you have locked away your weakness, and all that’s left is anger and strength. "

― Sabaa Tahir , A Torch Against the Night (An Ember in the Ashes, #2)

7 " Failure doesn't define you. It's what you do after you fail that determines whether you are a leader or a waste of perfectly good air. "

― Sabaa Tahir , A Torch Against the Night (An Ember in the Ashes, #2)

8 " It takes only a split second for life to go horribly wrong. To fix the mess, I need a thousand things to go right. The distance from one bit of luck to the next feels as great as the distance across oceans. But, I decide in this moment, I will bridge that distance, again and again, until I win. I will not fail. "

― Sabaa Tahir , A Torch Against the Night (An Ember in the Ashes, #2)

9 " Don't lock yourself away from those who care about you because you think you'll hurt them or they'll hurt you. What point is there in being human if you don't let yourself feel anything? "

― Sabaa Tahir , A Torch Against the Night (An Ember in the Ashes, #2)

10 " Failure doesn't define you. It's what you do after the failure that determines whether you are a leader or a waste of perfectly good air. "

― Sabaa Tahir , A Torch Against the Night (An Ember in the Ashes, #2)

11 " You’re sure this is what you want?” I search her eyes for doubt, fear, uncertainty, but all I see is that fire. Ten hells
“I’m sure”
“Then I’ll find a way "

― Sabaa Tahir , A Torch Against the Night (An Ember in the Ashes, #2)

12 " Elias and Laia are each other’s countermelodies. I am just a dissonant note. "

― Sabaa Tahir , A Torch Against the Night (An Ember in the Ashes, #2)

13 " The rest is just wishes and hope, the most fragile of things. "

― Sabaa Tahir , A Torch Against the Night (An Ember in the Ashes, #2)

14 " Disappear! I scream the word in my mind, queen of the desolate landscape therein, ordering her ragged troops to a last stand. "

― Sabaa Tahir , A Torch Against the Night (An Ember in the Ashes, #2)

15 " Children are born to break their mothers’ hearts, my boy. "

― Sabaa Tahir , A Torch Against the Night (An Ember in the Ashes, #2)

16 " So you've made a few bad decisions. So have I. So has Elias. So has everyone attempting to do something difficult. That doesn't mean that you give up, you fool. Do you understand? "

― Sabaa Tahir , A Torch Against the Night (An Ember in the Ashes, #2)

17 " I’d say it’s impossible, but the Commandant trained the word out of me. "

― Sabaa Tahir , A Torch Against the Night (An Ember in the Ashes, #2)

18 " She chuckles again. “Because sane plans never work, girl,” she says. “Only the mad ones do. "

― Sabaa Tahir , A Torch Against the Night (An Ember in the Ashes, #2)

19 " I miss you." I hope she hears what I'm truly saying. I love you. I'm sorry. I wish I could fix it. "I'll always miss you. Even when I'm a ghost. "

― Sabaa Tahir , A Torch Against the Night (An Ember in the Ashes, #2)

20 " Don't look so worried. Most successful missions are just a series of barely averted disasters. "

― Sabaa Tahir , A Torch Against the Night (An Ember in the Ashes, #2)