The Other Side of the Sky Quotes

“„It's not magic,” I say. „It's science. Science means you can explain it, that you know how each part of it works. Magic is – I mean, it's science you haven't figured out how to explain yet.”
„I can explain my magic,” Nimh replies. „And you just said you could not explain your engines.”
Well. Maybe I should shut up, then.”
― Amie Kaufman, The Other Side of the Sky

“I don’t know if I believe prophecies. I don’t know if I believe in her gods or her destiny. I don’t know if I believe in any of this. But I believe in her.”
― Amie Kaufman, The Other Side of the Sky

“It's not magic," I say. "It's science. Science means that you can explain it, that you know how each part of it works. Magic is - I mean, it's science you haven't figured how to explain yet."
"I can explain my magic," Nimh replies. "And you just said you could not explain your engines.”
― Amie Kaufman, The Other Side of the Sky

“It is an honor to meet the last of anything, Lady.”
― Amie Kaufman, The Other Side of the Sky

“Even the most beautiful tree in the forest-sea cannot live forever. When it dies, it decomposes, returning its life to the earth, and clearing a space for the sun, and a hundred new plants spring up from its grave. The old must make wag for the young - it is the way of life itself ... there is a difference between that natural cycle of death and rebirth, and simply killing everyone in both our worlds.”
― Amie Kaufman, The Other Side of the Sky

“The floating market takes shape amid a flutter of torches and spellfire, each pinprick of light tailed by its glittering reflection in the river beneath.”
― Amie Kaufman, The Other Side of the Sky

“Why do you think we call our destroyer the Lightbringer?”
― Amie Kaufman, The Other Side of the Sky

“I am my people's goddess, and you will not stand in my way.”
― Amie Kaufman, The Other Side of the Sky

“She is the Lightbringer.”
― Amie Kaufman, The Other Side of the Sky

“Lightbringer, the scroll whispers to me. Listen well... for this is how you will end the world.”
― Amie Kaufman, The Other Side of the Sky

“Perhaps, when they left us, the gods simply forgot what divinity meant.”
― Amie Kaufman, The Other Side of the Sky