Intisar Khanani > Quotes

“Should I run so far that I reach the sea, I should not have run far enough, for the thing I run from rides on my back and in my blood and will not be shaken.”
― Intisar Khanani, Thorn

“We all need our quiet, I think. We all have our unspoken wishes, hopes we cannot mention, choices we may yet regret.”
― Intisar Khanani, Thorn

“It may not be pretty, but sometimes justice has to be hard to keep the rest of us straight and safe.”
― Intisar Khanani, Thorn

“Perhaps I cannot fix everything in this moment. But I can do this: start somewhere and keep going.”
― Intisar Khanani, Thorn

“When you have chosen a path, you must walk it with courage.”
― Intisar Khanani, Memories of Ash

“Justice for the poor?” He laughs, sitting back. “There is justice for the rich here, and justice for the powerful. But for the rest of us, there is very little of anything.”
― Intisar Khanani, Thorn

“Their laughter hides their loss, their smiles hide their grief, their eyes hide a pain that will not be eased.”
― Intisar Khanani, Sunbolt

“This is how you survive: one breath to the next, refusing each thought as it comes to you. This is how you get through the worst of things.”
― Intisar Khanani, Thorn

“I am suddenly and deeply furious, enraged that my body should have been violated so. I have never loved it enough; I realize that now, in the face of having it so abused. My plain features and strong build are mine, just as my turned foot is, born with me and part of who I am.”
― Intisar Khanani, The Theft of Sunlight

“Which of us has not made mistakes when faced with more than we can handle?”
― Intisar Khanani, Thorn

“This is the life I’ve made for myself, and I want it in a way I haven’t wanted anything else I can remember. It is a wanting that is quiet, and steady, and deep as the beat of my heart.”
― Intisar Khanani, Thorn

“Your Highness, you have seen enough of the world to know that there is never only one truth, one side of a story.”
― Intisar Khanani, Thorn

“Absolutely. Justice served with a side of pineapple. That's what I'm here for.”
― Intisar Khanani, Sunbolt

“Sometimes, when you think things are finished, they are only just beginning.”
― Intisar Khanani, The Theft of Sunlight

“Justice is not men beating each other up." Sage says quietly. "Justice is teaching men that there is law and, if they don't abide by it, there is an established punishment.”
― Intisar Khanani, Thorn

“Sometimes justice is stopping oppression any way you can, rather than taking out the criminals at the top.”
― Intisar Khanani, A Darkness at the Door

“People are stupid wherever you go. That doesn't mean you should never leave home.”
― Intisar Khanani, The Theft of Sunlight

“How is it possible to be both a gentleman and a monster?”
― Intisar Khanani, The Theft of Sunlight

“Deserts seem to develop primarily due to human stupidity,”
― Intisar Khanani, Memories of Ash

“There are many kinds of light. The light of friendship can dispel all darkness.”
― Intisar Khanani, Memories of Ash

“As a thief . . . I've found that acting when you are afraid is the greatest sign of courage there is.”
― Intisar Khanani, Thorn

“don’t want to be made to feel less just because my foot is turned one way instead of another. It still bears me forward every day of my life.”
― Intisar Khanani, The Theft of Sunlight

“This is justice. Don’t be afraid to look at it.” He smiles as I look at him. “It may not be pretty, but sometimes justice has to be hard to keep the rest of us straight and safe.”
― Intisar Khanani, Thorn

“While I would like to think I'm capable of picking a lock, the reality is I have no idea how to proceed other than to stick things into the keyhole and jiggle them about.”
― Intisar Khanani, The Theft of Sunlight

“Murder makes one cold . . . It takes away your soul, piece by piece. It turns your heart to stone. Is that what you want?”
― Intisar Khanani, Thorn

“She shrugs. “I don’t know if I would have chosen it, if I’d understood,” she says. “We all have ideas about how wonderful it must be to wed a lord, or live at court, or whatever. It isn’t all pretty dresses and gold.”
― Intisar Khanani, The Theft of Sunlight

“The queen may pretend affection for her daughter, but it’s clear she does not truly understand her.”
― Intisar Khanani, The Theft of Sunlight

“the motions of life continue because they must, but there is a silence where there were once words.”
― Intisar Khanani, Sunbolt

“I believe going to court is rather like going to war: one must wear the appropriate armor, or expect to be stabbed through and trampled underfoot.”
― Intisar Khanani, The Theft of Sunlight

“It is unfortunate,” Niya agrees, with all the optimism of a little sister. “But he’s done the kingdom a great service, which means he’ll never have a better opportunity to, um, shift his occupational ventures.”
― Intisar Khanani, A Darkness at the Door