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61 " To my mother, for shaping my heart, and my father, for hardening it to steel "
― Hafsah Faizal , We Hunt the Flame (Sands of Arawiya, #1)
62 " Love is for children, said the girl. Death is for fools, said the shadow. Darkness is my destiny, said the boy. Allegiance is my undoing, said the eagle. Suffering is our fate, said the beauty. And they were all horribly wrong. "
63 " I have always wished for someone to take matters into her own hands...to prove to our caliph that a body is only a body and that a soul determines one's actions. "
64 " Think of all the women you can help by being you. "
65 " So you thought to spare her. Did you think this was your chance for redemption? Silly boy, darkness is your destiny. You were born for hell. "
66 " If only you knew what it was like to feel the weight of your gaze,” he said, half to himself. "
67 " Tragedies happen once, memoriesrelive them eternally. "
68 " He looked strong and powerful beneath this new sun. Neither was a world she had ever before used to describe him. But today he looked different. Today she felt a fool for not seeing him as she should have. Funny how eyes worked. "
69 " What are you? To define is to limit. "
70 " Before that beautiful heart that harmed none and loved too much-stopped. "
71 " If he was what it felt like to be lost to the darkness, she never wanted to be found again "
72 " Do you ever wonder why women focus so much on me?” “Maybe because you resemble a lost, rabid dog,” the dark-haired one suggested in perfect seriousness. "
73 " His stories were filled with blood and darkness, horrors and terrors. Whenever Umm scolded him with a teasing smile, Baba would say that lies would take his little girl nowhere. That was also what he had said when he put a bow in Zafira's still-baby-soft hands and taught her how to loose an arrow. And so she was given the truth, even in the years when she would look upon everything with a veil of innocence. "
74 " All right' is when you're bleeding black but it's not as bad as bleeding red. When the world crashes but you're not alone when it does. When the darkness is absolute but you hunt down the smallest flame and coax it brighter. When you carve the good out of every bad and claim it a victory. "
75 " For that was what scars were, weren’t they? A remembrance of moments dark. "
76 " You do it for them. For them to love you.” She opened her mouth to protest, but he cut her off. “We’re so quick to dismiss the sentiment as weak, but hearts beat for love, don’t they? A life without purpose may be no life, but a life without love is nothing but an existence. "
77 " Knowledge without action is vanity, but action without knowledge is insanity "
78 " Death will be her companion. He’s kept her safe all this time. "
79 " Altair snorted water, choking until the Huntress thwacked him on the back. “Enough,” Benyamin said, smoothing out his bedroll. “Kifah, you’re keeping watch.” “Your wish is my insomnia,” the warrior said with a salute. "
80 " That last thought was what made Nasir nudge Altair’s bare bicep with the toe of his boot. Altair’s right eye popped open instantly and Nasir clenched his jaw—he should have known. “For a moment, I thought you might do it,” Altair said. “Do what?” the girl asked. She yawned as she brushed her teeth with a siwak. Altair’s mouth curled into a grin. “Kiss me.” Nasir kicked him, and Altair’s laughter only increased. "