E.Y. Laster > Quotes

“If Kingdoms wish to move quickly, they must go alone. If we wish to go far, we must go together.”
― E.Y. Laster, Of Captivity & Kings

“Never take your eyes from your enemy, Imanishaketheto. Never underestimate them. When you think you've won, they will show their true colors and their strength. You must be ready.”
― E.Y. Laster, Of Captivity & Kings

“Life will come hard, my daughter, she thought. And quickly.”
― E.Y. Laster, Of Captivity & Kings

“You have the blood of a great warrior. To lead, you must also learn to follow.”
― E.Y. Laster, Of Captivity & Kings

“I am my father's daughter.”
― E.Y. Laster, Of Captivity & Kings

“For a whore, if you must be one, must surely benefit more if of the male line. A female thus titled would be shamed, thrown out of her home, and stoned in the courtyard,”
― E.Y. Laster, Of Captivity & Kings

“Talk spoken in darkness always comes to light.”
― E.Y. Laster, Of Captivity & Kings

“Men would find a great deal more happiness in this life if they were to strike the word fair from their vocabulary, Brother.”
― E.Y. Laster, Of Captivity & Kings

“She looks as if the weight of the world is on her shoulders, he thought. And it was.”
― E.Y. Laster, Of Captivity & Kings

“I'll let you know when it bothers me.”
― E.Y. Laster, Of Captivity & Kings

“Papo, make me a bird," her brother cried back.
Her father had laughed, throwing his head back, shoulders shaking. "You want the world."
"Not the world," Neka said. "Just wings”
― E.Y. Laster, Of Captivity & Kings

“But, Your Grace, the khopesh has two edges.”
― E.Y. Laster, Of Captivity & Kings

“He'll survive, she told herself. That is also life.”
― E.Y. Laster, Of Captivity & Kings

“The desert has more animals than one would guess. And I seem to be running into more and more each day.”
― E.Y. Laster

“There can be no peace without justice.”
― E.Y. Laster, Of Captivity & Kings

“Heavy is the head that wears the crown. For many are the fingers that seek to steal it away.”
― E.Y. Laster, Of Captivity & Kings

“Joy? She has the power to stop my heart. How should I treat someone so intent on killing me without a hint of remorse?”
― E.Y. Laster, Of Captivity & Kings

“She is so much smaller than her siblings, Set. Weaker. Let us kill her now and search for another,” the lion-headed goddess whispered, her sharp, ivory teeth sparkling as she yawned with boredom, letting out a soft roar as she licked at her companion’s ear.
I must be dreaming, Aiyah thought.”
― E.Y. Laster, The Oracle's Tale: Sekhmet & The Mines of Anubis

“A jeli is the memory of your people. His song is thruth.”
― E.Y. Laster, Of Captivity & Kings

“When you kill as many people as he has the only color that matters is red.”
― E.Y. Laster, Of Captivity & Kings

“This is your new home. It is more than you could ever dream of, is it not? now come. Greet death like a man.”
― E.Y. Laster, Of Captivity & Kings

“I know you'll be a great king one day. I hope to live to see it.”
― E.Y. Laster, Of Captivity & Kings

“Give a man a second chance and he grows bolder. Give a man what he deserves and you will no longer need eyes to watch your rear.”
― E.Y. Laster, Of Captivity & Kings

“Soon, he would be king. Soon, he would be as the Sao were, giants among men.”
― E.Y. Laster, Of Captivity & Kings

“Every man has a master in this world. Even kings are slaves. And some men deserve a second chance.”
― E.Y. Laster, Of Captivity & Kings

“Your grandfather lived at a time when it was difficult to believe in God and stay alive at the same time. He sought to protect me from the fickleness of Rome. He still worried about their hatred of Christians despite the Edict of Milan.”
― E.Y. Laster, Of Captivity & Kings

“Please, take it. I love to read. I hate to argue.”
― E.Y. Laster, Of Captivity & Kings

“His eyes always stayed on the water clock. Ketemin's eyes stayed on their uncle. Ever since their father died she treated her uncle as though he was their father. But he wasn't. And he never would be. She would never forgive him if she found out. But he could always make sure she didn't.”
― E.Y. Laster, Of Captivity & Kings

“I've had wings since I was a child.”
― E.Y. Laster, Of Captivity & Kings

“The pyramids were built to last ten thousand years. They touch the sun,”
― E.Y. Laster, Of Captivity & Kings