370 Quotes by Sabaa Tahir

Thank you for giving your life, that I may continue mine.

Pop used to say that standing by someone during their darkest times creates a bond. A sense of obligation that is less a weight and more a gift.

I realize that some naiive sliver of me hoped that he was better than this. Not good, necessarily. Just not evil.

I want sand and stories and a clear night sky. I want to stare up into pale gray eyes filled with love and that edge of wickedness I ache for. I want to know what he said to me in Sadhese, a year and a half ago, when we danced at the Moon Festival in Serra. I want Elias Veturius back.

Few people want witnesses to their pain, and grief is the worst pain of all.

Because you are loved,” I say. “You’re not alone. And you deserve to know that.

You have suffered. You have created suffering. You have killed. But you have also paid. With your life, twice over now, and with your heart, with your mind. You have guided thousands of lost souls. You have saved thousands of lives. You have done good in this world. Which will define you? The good? Or the suffering?

Failure doesn’t define you. It’s what you do after you fail that determines whether you are a leader or a waste of perfectly good air.

And then she’s gone.