Temple of the Inner Flame Quotes

“Iopened myself to the death current, feeling it charge my core with energy. But as I extended my consciousness toward it, Brother Zahi began to transform. The man before me went up in a pillar of flame, its heat so terrible I thought for sure we’d all combust. Then, as though Michelangelo himself took a chisel to it, the sculpted form of a man emerged from the fire. But not just any man. A blazing, twenty-foot tall man made of prismatic, smokeless flame. The jinni’s true form was astonishing. His fire twisted and flashed, his image rippling across the flames like a reflection on water. He thrust his arm forward and scorching air rushed past me, the heat so intense it disrupted my channeling.”
― Amber Fisher, Temple of the Inner Flame

“When I was sure I wouldn’t cry, I returned my attention to Marcus, studying his profile. I knew that face so well; its lines and curves, its color, its texture. There was a time when that face was mine to touch, to stroke, to playfully pinch.”
― Amber Fisher, Temple of the Inner Flame

“I leaned forward onto my elbows, my eyes glued to the screen.”
― Amber Fisher, Temple of the Inner Flame

“You can’t possibly believe this is a coincidence,” I said, anger rising like mercury in a thermometer. “Quit. Playing.”
― Amber Fisher, Temple of the Inner Flame

“was hardly sleeping. I even—God forgive me—toyed with the idea of purposefully exposing someone to watch them die and document the process, though it never got further than the dark fantasizing phase.”
― Amber Fisher, Temple of the Inner Flame

“The voices were swirling in a vortex, coming from the right, then the left, above, then below. Female, male. Indistinguishable. Some voices seemed furious, others terrified.”
― Amber Fisher, Temple of the Inner Flame

“At first it was one voice, an incoherent whispering that sounded like a snake slithering through the grass. But gradually, other voices joined in, becoming a chorus, a growing susurration that filled me with such dread that my blood ran cold. There were at least a dozen voices; no, two dozen. More. Some voices were crying. Others were shouting. Others were wailing. Amid the cacophony, one voice cut through the others.”
― Amber Fisher, Temple of the Inner Flame

“felt like a death priestess, I worked more like a death priestess.”
― Amber Fisher, Temple of the Inner Flame

“She remained so stoic that I could have slapped her, but I used every drop of grace I had cultivated as a Black woman in America to hold myself together.”
― Amber Fisher, Temple of the Inner Flame

“The point is to find your purpose and make choices that align with what the universe wants for you.”
― Amber Fisher, Temple of the Inner Flame

“You can’t force peace upon people. Taking away their free will doesn’t guarantee they’ll be happy—it just means they’ll be unhappy on your terms.”
― Amber Fisher, Temple of the Inner Flame

“You can’t save humanity from itself. Some people will always make evil choices. People can’t be forced to be good. That’s not who we are.”
― Amber Fisher, Temple of the Inner Flame

“Fair has nothing to do with it. The universe doesn’t give a damn about your free will. We all must fight to make our own choices. That right isn’t a given.”
― Amber Fisher, Temple of the Inner Flame

“Just because you don’t know how to consciously do it don’t mean you ain’t doing it. Shit, I don’t know how to consciously make my heart beat, but there it go thumping away in my chest.”
― Amber Fisher, Temple of the Inner Flame

“but don’t get caught up in sunk cost fallacies, either. Just because you chose something once doesn’t mean you have to make the same choice forever. You also can choose to change your mind.”
― Amber Fisher, Temple of the Inner Flame

“Force fate or the universe or whatever to do what it needs to do. But you don’t have to be complicit. Choosing not to choose is also a choice.”
― Amber Fisher, Temple of the Inner Flame

“Nothing pisses me off like something that seems easy actually being hard. I don’t want to work for inner peace. I just want to find it.”
― Amber Fisher, Temple of the Inner Flame