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“I envy you sometimes, she said softly. "I wish I had your faith in people's goodness." [Nahri e-Nahid]”
― The Empire of Gold
― The Empire of Gold
“She could see her own future as clearly as she saw everything else. Its brevity was her one consolation.”
― A Thousand Ships
― A Thousand Ships
“You have been blessed; you have been granted the power, the privilege, the time—all these centuries you don’t want—to fix things. And when you finally do face our Creator, do you want to say you spent them wallowing in guilt?” Kartir’s expression grew fierce. “Or would you rather say you spent every extra breath fighting for a more just world?”
― The Empire of Gold
― The Empire of Gold
“She wanted to tell them not to. It hurt worse to see your dreams destroyed than to never have them at all.”
― The Empire of Gold
― The Empire of Gold
“She had already learned that the worst dreams were not the ones where the flaming walls were crashing down on you, or where armed men were chasing you, or where your beloved menfolk were dying before your eyes. They were the ones when your husband lived again, when your son still smiled, when your daughter looked forward to her wedding.”
― A Thousand Ships
― A Thousand Ships
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