136 Quotes by Alwyn Hamilton

The world makes things for each place. Fish for the sea, Rocs for the mountain skies, and girls with sun in their skin and perfect aim for a desert that doesn’t let weakness live.

What would I possibly know – I’ve only been stationed in the mountains of Iliaz for half a decade. I only heard Rocs screaming every night while you were still sleeping in the harem by your mother. But you know better, I’m sure.

Besides, if I let everyone I found annoying die, we’d be mighty thin on allies.

Family and blood aren’t the same thing.

And just like that, everyone was looking at me. If I’d known I was doomed to get this much attention, I might’ve brushed my hair.

I thought I had to do without you if you were so determined to leave the world. But then you were gone and I would have torn the desert apart looking for you.

The trouble with belief is that it’s not the same as truth.

Arms around my waist caught me before I could hit the ground. “I’ve got you,” Jin said in my ear. “Let go; I’ve got you.

I did this to stay alive. Because you are a vicious, stupid, impotent man. – Shira, to Kadir.