The Haunting of Tram Car 015 Quotes

“He spoke often on the harm that enslavement does to the souls of those bound by the chain, and the souls of those who wield it.”
― P. Djèlí Clark, The Haunting of Tram Car 015

“nation cannot be liberated while its women are enchained!”
― P. Djèlí Clark, The Haunting of Tram Car 015

“The Amharic phrase buna tetu, literally “drink coffee,”
― P. Djèlí Clark, The Haunting of Tram Car 015

“Hamed cleared his throat loudly, coughing into his short moustache. If he had to sit through a conversation about the dried meats of Transcaucasia, he just might go insane. Or be forced to eat his foot. One or the other. And he liked both his sanity and his feet.”
― P. Djèlí Clark, The Haunting of Tram Car 015

“Always keep your eyes sharp. Sometimes what you least expect is staring right at you.”
― P. Djèlí Clark, The Haunting of Tram Car 015

“The opening of the doorway to the other-realm of the djinn had sent magic pouring out, changing the world forever.”
― P. Djèlí Clark, The Haunting of Tram Car 015

“They flapped carelessly beneath the air of an oscillating copper fan, its spinning blades rattling inside its cage as if trying to get out. And somehow, still, it was stifling in here,”
― P. Djèlí Clark, The Haunting of Tram Car 015

“That spirit was just a formless being minding its own business. Then, it encountered men. And they decided to make it this beautiful woman or this monstrous crone, because that’s the only way many men can even view women. Maybe they were looking for a way to explain why their wives died in childbirth, or why infants died in their blankets. Maybe they were just afraid of old women. So, they made up this al, conjured it up as a woman, and blamed it on her!”
― P. Djèlí Clark, The Haunting of Tram Car 015

“Except,” Hamed put in, “if what you say is possible, women could have thought up the al just as easily.” Abla shook her head sternly. “No woman would ever think up something so ridiculous.”
― P. Djèlí Clark, The Haunting of Tram Car 015