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“His fingers brush over the letters of his name, as hers must have a hundred times before, and then he bends his head and weeps for the childhood he lost, for the mother who never stopped loving him, who kept what she could of him no matter what. This is what she had to her name when she died: a tin cup, a kerchief, and her son’s name written in his book.”
― Intisar Khanani, A Darkness at the Door

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