Sabaa Tahir

Books by Sabaa Tahir

An ember in the ashes
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All My Rage
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A torch against the night
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Quotes by Sabaa Tahir

Perhaps grief is like battle: After experiencing enough of it, your body's instincts take over. When you see it closing in like a Martial death squad, you harden your insides. You prepare for the agony of a shredded heart. And when it hits, it hurts, but not as badly, because you have locked away your weakness, and all that's left is anger and strength.
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You fool, Helene. When you love, there is always more pain.
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Exhaustion is temporary. Pain is temporary. But Helene dying because I didn't find a way to get her back on time— that's permanent.
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Don't lock yourself away from those who care about you because you think you'll hurt them - or they'll hurt you. What point is there in being human if you don't let yourself feel anything?
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I should just build a bleeding house here, I mutter as I pick myself up off the snow-covered ground. Maybe get a few chickens. Plant a garden.
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There will be so much more in between. So much uncertainty. I don't know if we'll survive the catacombs, let alone the rest of it. But it doesn't matter. For now, these steps are enough. These first few precious steps into darkness. Into the unknown. Into freedom.
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Mercy is weakness. Offer it to your enemies and you might as well fall upon your own sword.
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Seeing the enemy as human. A general's ultimate nightmare.
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Your emotions make you human. Even the unpleasant ones have a purpose. Don't lock them away. If you ignore them, they just get louder and angrier.
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I never feared the night, not even as a child, but Blackcliff's night is different, heavy with a silence that makes you look over your shoulder, a silence that feels like a living thing.
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Fear can be good, Laia. It can keep you alive. But don't let it control you. Don't let it sow doubts within you. When the fear takes over, use the only thing more powerful, more indestructible, to fight it: your spirit. Your heart.
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So long as you fight the darkness, you stand in the light.
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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. Such moments are tests of courage, of strength.
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Mercy is weakness. Offer it to your enemies and you might as well fall upon your own sword.
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So long as you fight the darkness, you stand in the light.
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Exhaustion is temporary. Pain is temporary. But Helene dying because I didn't find a way to get her back on time— that's permanent.
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Fear can be good, Laia. It can keep you alive. But don't let it control you. Don't let it sow doubts within you. When the fear takes over, use the only thing more powerful, more indestructible, to fight it: your spirit. Your heart.
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Seeing the enemy as human. A general's ultimate nightmare.
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You fool, Helene. When you love, there is always more pain.
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Perhaps grief is like battle: After experiencing enough of it, your body's instincts take over. When you see it closing in like a Martial death squad, you harden your insides. You prepare for the agony of a shredded heart. And when it hits, it hurts, but not as badly, because you have locked away your weakness, and all that's left is anger and strength.
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