Karatics

“Can I swim?” he snapped, as if the very idea offended him. "Can you burn?”
― S.A. Chakraborty, The City of Brass

“The bow in hand, he finally staggered up and glanced down the alley, obviously searching for whoever had – what had he said? – ‘called’ him? Though he didn’t look much taller than her, the vast array of weapons – enough to fight a whole troop of French soldiers – was terrifying and slightly ridiculous. Like what a little boy might don to pretend to be some ancient warrior.

A warrior. Oh, by the Most High…

He was looking for her. Nahri was the one who had called him.”
― S.A. Chakraborty, The City of Brass

“Eat you?" He made a disgusted sound. "The smell of your blood alone is enough to put me off eating for a month.”
― S.A. Chakraborty, The City of Brass

“Identity politics is universally attractive because it enables failures and weaknesses to be spun as the products of oppression and historical injustice. Personal responsibility is removed from the equation.”
― Milo Yiannopoulos, Dangerous