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“Not wanting to be destroyed by despair doesn’t make you a coward. It makes you a survivor.”
― The Empire of Gold
― The Empire of Gold
“If you rule by violence, you should expect to be removed by violence.”
― The Empire of Gold
― The Empire of Gold
“I am who I am because of that human world. It wasn’t the Banu Nahida who’d driven the peris to their knees, it was the con artist of Cairo, and Nahri wouldn’t cast her away.”
― The Empire of Gold
― The Empire of Gold
“I do not believe ambitious men who say the only route to peace and prosperity lies in giving them more power—particularly when they do it with lands and people who are not theirs.”
― The Empire of Gold
― The Empire of Gold
“Dara hesitated and then spoke. “If what I have seen is true, it means there is peace for the worst of us. Rest for those who do not deserve it. It was beautiful. And it spoke to a mercy this world does not deserve.”
― The Empire of Gold
― The Empire of Gold
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Swastika’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Swastika’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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