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“A phoenix rises from the ashes for a reason. Your world must be destroyed for you to rise anew. And rise you shall. Just as they feared you would.”
― Kerri Maniscalco, Kingdom of the Cursed

“When terrible things have happened to you, sometimes the promise of something good can be just as frightening.”
― Margaret Rogerson, Sorcery of Thorns

“What is the point of life if you don't believe in anything?”
― Margaret Rogerson, Sorcery of Thorns

“Human memory is a funny and fragile thing. That's why we leave things behind–buildings, carvings, sculptures, jewels, stories–to tell people that we were once here. Because we know that when we don't leave things behind, we forget.”
― Kathrina Mohd Daud, The Fisherman King

“You know, and I know, that there will always be whispers about those in positions of privilege.”
― Kathrina Mohd Daud

“We thought you were dead,” Aisa says.
“Why?” Bathia asks lazily. “Don't you know it's hard to kill the devil?”
― Kathrina Mohd Daud, The Fisherman King

“Whatever doubts I had weren't as strong as the conviction that this wasn't the end.”
― Kathrina Mohd Daud, The Fisherman King

“How can you take in and comprehend centuries of change and flux all linked back to a core that is something as fickle as water?”
― Kathrina Mohd Daud, The Fisherman King

“We've been traders and Muslims for so long that we've forgotten what we were before that. The things that have been left behind have been rewritten. That's why we still get married on great golden chairs, cross our wedded feet under water and small swords, and wear bridal headpieces that dangle with flowers and scent. All left over from time when the land was Hindu instead of Muslim. We've forgotten the religion, but kept the props.
Most of us have, anyway. But there are those who remember.”
― Kathrina Mohd Daud, The Fisherman King

“Some evil need not be remembered.”
― Kathrina Mohd Daud, The Fisherman King

“If you don't believe it, it's not true. If you don't know about it, it's not happening.”
― Kathrina Mohd Daud, The Fisherman King

“At the core, we are all alone.”
― Kathrina Mohd Daud, The Fisherman King

“Change is a frightening thing, he knows, even if you are the one seeking it.”
― Kathrina Mohd Daud, The Fisherman King

“Nothing is free. Nothing is ever free.”
― Kathrina Mohd Daud, The Fisherman King

“You don't need the kingdom.”
“You don't know what I need.”
― Kathrina Mohd Daud, The Fisherman King

“It was never about the treasure.”
― Kathrina Mohd Daud, The Fisherman King

“I wish you had killed me instead.”
― Kathrina Mohd Daud, The Fisherman King