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

by Saladin Ahmed

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.

‘Only so many fates for each man, but always a choice.’”

Simple things ought not be taken for granted.

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

that everyone pays a price for the way the world works, even the so-called powerful.

Everywhere this palace calls out His Names, Adoulla thought, yet His work is nowhere to be found.