370 Quotes by Sabaa Tahir

You are broken. But it is broken things that are the sharpest. The deadliest. It is broken things that are the most unexpected, and the most underestimated.

His eyes are unfathomably sad as he lifts my chin. “Most people,” Cain says, “are nothing but glimmers in the great darkness of time. But you, Helene Aquilla, are no swift-burning spark. You are a torch against the night – if you dare to let yourself burn.

The distance from one bit of luck to the next feels as great as the distance across oceans. But, I decide in this moment, I will bridge that distance, again and again, until I win. I will not fail.

Draw a line in your mind. Never cross it again. You have a soul. It’s damaged, but it’s there. Don’t let them take it from you, Elias.

I don’t smile at her. It will only scare her. For a female slave, a smile from a Mask is not usually a good thing.

I wish now that I hadn’t opened up to him. “Ah, Laia-aapan.” He uses the Mariner honorific for little sister and jostles me with an arm. “We’ve all made mistakes in love. Me most of all.

When the fear takes over, use the only thing more powerful, more indestructible, to fight it: your spirit. Your heart.

I’d rather die than live with no mercy, no honor, no soul.

Life is made of so many moments that mean nothing. Then one day, a single moment comes along to define every second that comes after.