emma ✨

“A phoenix rises from the ashes for a reason. Your world must be destroyed for you to rise anew. And rise you shall. Just as they feared you would.”
― Kerri Maniscalco, Kingdom of the Cursed

“Human memory is a funny and fragile thing. That's why we leave things behind–buildings, carvings, sculptures, jewels, stories–to tell people that we were once here. Because we know that when we don't leave things behind, we forget.”
― Kathrina Mohd Daud, The Fisherman King

“We thought you were dead,” Aisa says.
“Why?” Bathia asks lazily. “Don't you know it's hard to kill the devil?”
― Kathrina Mohd Daud, The Fisherman King

“We've been traders and Muslims for so long that we've forgotten what we were before that. The things that have been left behind have been rewritten. That's why we still get married on great golden chairs, cross our wedded feet under water and small swords, and wear bridal headpieces that dangle with flowers and scent. All left over from time when the land was Hindu instead of Muslim. We've forgotten the religion, but kept the props.
Most of us have, anyway. But there are those who remember.”
― Kathrina Mohd Daud, The Fisherman King