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1 " In the depths of darkness, search for the heavenly light to guide you. Hold firm to the Lord of the Worlds. He will bring you back to us. "
― Rehan Khan , A Tudor Turk (The Chronicles of Will Ryde & Awa Maryam Al-Jameel #1)
2 " Unfortunately, in this unruly world, a man of peace would be a pauper, for violence was the only currency that mattered. "
3 " Only you can decide the person you want to be. "
4 " Life is made of moments, each moment an opportunity "
5 " Each man lives in the hope he will one day be legend. I no longer think of myself this way. "
6 " You strike me as a good man, Commander, but where the good are put in charge of the wicked, empires will be destroyed. It is when the wicked are given oversight of the good, does empire become strong. "
7 " The sea divides Africa from Europe. Yet the people who live in those lands, need not be divided. I’ve lived in both places and I know from experience we are more alike, than we’d like to believe "
8 " My type of politics leads to a clash of religions, a clash of cultures and a clash of races. Your type of politics unifies under an imperial cause. In the end I will win, because dividing and conquering is far easier than unifying the hearts of men. "
9 " Strength is about pulling yourself together, even after you’ve been shattered into a thousand pieces. Falling is merely the first movement we take before rising "
10 " The bleakness weighed heavy on her, yet Awa consoled herself with the knowledge that above the clouds, somewhere the sun still shone "
11 " If the sea could speak, he thought blindly, it would be screaming at him "
12 " Freezing winter snow was not meant for Songhai like Awa, she belonged to the sun, and the sooner she returned to it, the better "
13 " As your Commander, I remind you that we must work together, as what holds a unit together is trust, built on integrity "
14 " My father always says, to know a man, you must visit his library, for the contours of his mind have been shaped by the words on his bookshelf "
15 " Hard times don’t last for ever, hard people do "
16 " The Sultan is the most powerful man in the world. His supremacy is based on winning wars, yet all the people want is peace. Whether he is adept at this . . . well, that is quite another matter. "
17 " Perhaps your hatred of the Turk is due to your lack of understanding him "
18 " The sun was a fiery furnace of gold, but finally it set in the west and the cosmos glittered like a million burning embers, briefly reminding Awa of poetry readings under starry skies in Timbuktu "
19 " The Songhai are one another’s shield, we are the hands which sow the seed and reap the harvest. "
20 " I always wanted to travel, but now that I am, all I want is to go home "