Throne of the Crescent Moon (The Crescent Moon Kingdoms, #1)

by Saladin Ahmed

Adoulla knew better than most that habit could train a man to do anything.

O God, why must it be me every time?

wish the knowledge of that still kept my feet from aching, the way it did when I was your age,

There is no such thing as being wise beyond your years. One can only know as much as one has lived to know, though it is certainly possible to learn a great deal less than this.

And somewhere he heard the shameful screaming and pleading of a man who had once been strong.

It is a waste of time trying to convince a selfish man to care about what lies beyond his nose.

“I don’t trust anyone who claims to serve God by beating up dancers and drunks,”