The City of Brass
S.A. Chakraborty
Top 10 Best Quotes
“Greatness takes time, Banu Nahida. Often the mightiest things have the humblest beginnings.”
“In what world do men and women pay the same price for passion?”
“You're some kind of thief, then?" "That a very narrow-minded way of looking at it. I prefer to think of myself as a merchant of delicate tasks.”
“Nahri always smiled at her marks.”
“Someone steals from me, I steal from others, and I'm sure the people I stole from will eventually take something that doesn't belong to them. It's a circle. - Nahri”
“I'm coming back, Nahri," he promised. "You're my Banu Nahida. This is my city." His expression was defiant. "Nothing will keep me from either of you.”
“Can I swim?” he snapped, as if the very idea offended him. "Can you burn?”
“Eat you?" He made a disgusted sound. "The smell of your blood alone is enough to put me off eating for a month.”
“It's not haunted". Wajed countered. "It simply... misses its founding family." "The stairs vanished under me the last time I was there, uncle," Ali pointed out. "The water in the fountains turns to blood so often than people don't drink it." "So it misses them a lot.”
“Praise be to God, have I actually silenced you for once? I should have accused you of treason earlier in our conversation and saved myself your insufferable comments.”
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