13 Quotes by Arkady Martine

Histories are always worse by the time they get written down.

Be a mirror, she told herself again. Be a mirror when you meet a knife; be a mirror when you meet a stone.

Perhaps succor was enough to keep a whole population trapped, willingly.

I could have told her the truth,” Mahit said. “Here I am, new to the City, being led astray by my own cultural liaison and a stray courtier.” Twelve Azalea folded his hands together in front of his chest. “We could have told her the truth,” he said. “Her friend, the dead Ambassador, has mysterious and probably illegal neurological implants.” “How nice for us, that everyone lies,” Three Seagrass said cheerfully.