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“You think it’s that bad?” “When there’s a strange,unknown disturbance centered around the one place meant to investigate strange, unknown disturbances - yeah, I think it might be that bad.” p. 184”
― A Master of Djinn
― A Master of Djinn
“Benny was from America, like most musicians at the Jasmine–a place called New Orleans. Cairo brought in people from all over. Some looking for work or drawn by stories of mechanical wonders and djinn. Benny and the others had come fleeing a thing called Jim Crow. They brought with them their hopes, their dreams, and their fantastic music.”
― A Master of Djinn
― A Master of Djinn
“If you steal, steal a camel, she heard her mother whisper. And if you love, love the moon.”
― A Master of Djinn
― A Master of Djinn
“why are we going to the basement?” “Because that’s where the library is located.” “Right. And we’re going to the library because…?” Fatma fixed her best blank look. “Because it has all the books.”
― A Master of Djinn
― A Master of Djinn
“You acted, as far as I can tell, out of honor and compassion, but your action was unnecessary and inappropriate. Does the fact that your action was unnecessary make it meaningless? “What you did was contrary to the will of the Goddess and to all good sense. But you didn’t know that. How can I judge the behavior of an alien, a person from a culture that does not seem to have the first idea of what is decent?” He paused and drew in a breath, hissing softly. “Does intent matter or only the action? Does action matter or only the result?”
― Ring of Swords
― Ring of Swords
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