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The Other Side of the Sky (The Other Side of the Sky, #1) QUOTES

The Other Side of the Sky (The Other Side of the Sky, #1) QUOTES

1 " „It's not magic,” I say. „It's science. Science means you can explain it, that you know how each part of it works. Magic is – I mean, it's science you haven't figured out how to explain yet.”
„I can explain my magic,” Nimh replies. „And you just said you could not explain your engines.”
Well. Maybe I should shut up, then. "

― Amie Kaufman , The Other Side of the Sky (The Other Side of the Sky, #1)

2 " It's not magic," I say. "It's science. Science means that you can explain it, that you know how each part of it works. Magic is - I mean, it's science you haven't figured how to explain yet."
"I can explain my magic," Nimh replies. "And you just said you could not explain your engines. "

― Amie Kaufman , The Other Side of the Sky (The Other Side of the Sky, #1)

3 " I don’t know if I believe prophecies. I don’t know if I believe in her gods or her destiny. I don’t know if I believe in any of this. But I believe in her. "

― Amie Kaufman , The Other Side of the Sky (The Other Side of the Sky, #1)

4 " It is an honor to meet the last of anything, Lady. "

― Amie Kaufman , The Other Side of the Sky (The Other Side of the Sky, #1)

5 " Even the most beautiful tree in the forest-sea cannot live forever. When it dies, it decomposes, returning its life to the earth, and clearing a space for the sun, and a hundred new plants spring up from its grave. The old must make wag for the young - it is the way of life itself ... there is a difference between that natural cycle of death and rebirth, and simply killing everyone in both our worlds. "

― Amie Kaufman , The Other Side of the Sky (The Other Side of the Sky, #1)

6 " The floating market takes shape amid a flutter of torches and spellfire, each pinprick of light tailed by its glittering reflection in the river beneath. "

― Amie Kaufman , The Other Side of the Sky (The Other Side of the Sky, #1)

7 " Perhaps, when they left us, the gods simply forgot what divinity meant. "

― Amie Kaufman , The Other Side of the Sky (The Other Side of the Sky, #1)

8 " Lightbringer, the scroll whispers to me. Listen well... for this is how you will end the world. "

― Amie Kaufman , The Other Side of the Sky (The Other Side of the Sky, #1)

9 " She is the Lightbringer. "

― Amie Kaufman , The Other Side of the Sky (The Other Side of the Sky, #1)

10 " I am my people's goddess, and you will not stand in my way. "

― Amie Kaufman , The Other Side of the Sky (The Other Side of the Sky, #1)

11 " Why do you think we call our destroyer the Lightbringer? "

― Amie Kaufman , The Other Side of the Sky (The Other Side of the Sky, #1)