Sign in with Facebook
Maximilian Birkl
https://quietobserverproje.wixsite.com/quietobserver
The Nakba refers to the ethnic cleansing of Palestine in 1948, when, over a period of several months, Jewish militia groups known as the Irgun and Haganah conducted raids, massacres, and depopulation campaigns across Palestine—all under
...more
“If anything it seemed to be gaining momentum, like a very boring avalanche.”
― Harrow the Ninth
― Harrow the Ninth
“They were monsters!" Rin shrieked. "They were not human!"
"Have you ever considered" he said slowly "that that was exactly what they thought of us?”
― The Poppy War
"Have you ever considered" he said slowly "that that was exactly what they thought of us?”
― The Poppy War
“Three Seagrass had taken her hands away from her face, and the expression which was growing there was one that Mahit had seen before: it was Three Seagrass focusing inward, preparing to bend the universe around her will, because all other options were untenable.”
― A Memory Called Empire
― A Memory Called Empire
“Children ceased to be children when you put a sword in their hands. When you taught them to fight a war, then you armed them and put them on the front lines, they were not children anymore. They were soldiers.”
― The Poppy War
― The Poppy War
“I have become something wonderful, she thought. I have become something terrible. Was she now a goddess or a monster? Perhaps neither. Perhaps both.”
― The Poppy War
― The Poppy War
Maximilian’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Maximilian’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Maximilian
Lists liked by Maximilian
