“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
“I find politics loathsome.” “Do you?” Muntadhir waved about the courtyard. “And what do you think all this is if not politics? I find that those who look on politics with contempt are usually the first to be dragged down by them.”
― The Empire of Gold
― The Empire of Gold
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― The Empire of Gold
― The Empire of Gold
“I find I can get a more accurate measure of a man when he’s not aware he’s being appraised.”
― The Empire of Gold
― The Empire of Gold
“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
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