111 Quotes by Misba

"Kusha didn’t ask, “What’s wrong with looking too beautiful?” She knew what Meera would say: “Beat me on the sand, and I’ll let you run as wild and beautiful as you want, sweetie.”"

"Taha notices it like she notices most things Kusha does. “Angry about being angry, aren’t you?” She smirks, still leaping.Too late. Subconscious reaction is a Low-Grade’s thing, Kusha reminds herself."

"Taha’s favorite company arranges giveaways for their latest action-figures—‘dolls’ according to Meera. Kusha never reveals the winning numbers. It’s cheating, she believes. And cheating is rude."

"Humans sinned. Persistently existing in clogged colonies was their sin."

"Why did you stop looking for it?” “Secrets of mesmerism?” Magic Mama scoffs. “Look around, Kusha. The place you’re in gives you some problems. You either solve the problem or stay with it as it is. But whichever path you choose, it shapes your purpose. Maybe my purpose is more earthly: dealing with a gutter, getting water from a fall miles away. I’m aging. I don’t have time to earn more time, Kusha. I don’t have time for philosophies."

"Comfort isn’t always a blessing. Comfort brings zero evolution. Comfort gives no Grades."

"If you’re a bug, you need toads—dozens of toads so you may evolve."

"Tsk! As if she can fix the living like she fixes machines."

"Clocks with hands and sophisticated wheels have more art than a digital clock. Right? … Kusha beams when Rashad Gaumont praises her cars."

"Privileges exist to be exploited.The universe provides cheat codes so they can be used. He unlocked the cheat codes when everyone called him a war hero."