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Maximilian Birkl
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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
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“Then I will die on my feet," she said. "I will die with flames in my hand and fury in my heart. I will die fighting for the legacy of my people, rather than on Shiro's operating table, drugged and wasted. I will not die a coward.”
― The Poppy War
― The Poppy War
“To ravage, to slaughter, to usurp under false titles—this they name empire; and where they make a desert, they call it peace.”
― A Desolation Called Peace
― A Desolation Called Peace
“Having whole hours to contemplate her degree of fuckedness was a luxury.”
― A Desolation Called Peace
― A Desolation Called Peace
“He didn’t even ask me to explain. That was the kind of guy he was. He and I had grown up on the same street. I’d spotted him for mince pies all the time as kids, so stands to reason he let me cut off his arm and carried a nuke for me.”
― Nona the Ninth
― Nona the Ninth
“Mahit couldn't decide if she was horrified, proud, or simply, deliciously, hideously intrigued.”
― A Desolation Called Peace
― A Desolation Called Peace
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