370 Quotes by Sabaa Tahir

You’ll never forget them, not even after years. But one day, you’ll go a whole minute without feeling the pain. Then an hour. A day. That’s all you can ask for, really.

The permanence of death will always feel like a betrayal.

I make myself smile at him – Pop always said you could never smile too much at a baby.

And he is my ally – the only person who can help me save my brother, Darin, from a notorious Martial prison.

The stories we tell have power, of course. But the stories that go untold have just as much power.

No matter how rich and varied the lives of humans, they were falling stars in my world. They flared bright and brief, and then they burned out.

I’m shoving my way past the crowds in the couriers’ office, and a hand lands on my waist. I instinctively jab back with my elbow to knock the wind out of the fool who thinks he can take liberties. Another hand catches my arm. “Laia.” A low voice murmurs into my ear. Keenan’s voice. My skin thrills at the familiar scent of him. He lets my arm go, but his hand tightens on my waist.

If your sins were blood, child, you would drown in a river of your own making.

Demetrius, who screamed in futile rage after he watched his ten-year-old brother whipped to death by the Commandant for desertion. He smiles when he sees me coming, drops his weapon and waits as if the edge of my blade is a gift. What does Demetrius see as the light leaves his eyes? His little brother waiting for him? An infinity of darkness?