Where They Burn Books, They Also Burn People Quotes

“Raising her gaze and watching the smoke, Alara couldn’t help but think that the people of the city deserved to lose their culture in the same way her ancestors had centuries ago. The library fire wasn’t the punishment they deserved, because no fire would ever be enough—all the books that would burn in the library fire could, and would, be replaced. There was no one to replace the tomes her ancestors wrote, nobody to print another edition; they were lost to time, erased from human history by a priest who’d decided the power for his judgment had been bestowed upon him by God.”
― Marcos Antonio Hernandez, Where They Burn Books, They Also Burn People

“Forest where the Maya had lived, and prospered, before the Spaniards arrived. There was so much more wild forest than inhabited land, but the cleared spaces held all the power—drops of poison in otherwise clean water.”
― Marcos Antonio Hernandez, Where They Burn Books, They Also Burn People

“After lifting the rose petals and locating the largest thorn, he stuck it through his thumb until it hit the nail on the other side. He was smiling the entire time.”
― Marcos Antonio Hernandez, Where They Burn Books, They Also Burn People

“You have loud footsteps for someone who doesn’t know where they’re going,”
― Marcos Antonio Hernandez, Where They Burn Books, They Also Burn People

“Alara’s seed of revenge had lasted for generations. Her ancestors, the Maya from the Yucatán Peninsula, had been victims of overeager missionaries, the leader of which was Cortez’s ancestor.”
― Marcos Antonio Hernandez, Where They Burn Books, They Also Burn People

“Alara’s seed of revenge had lasted for generations.”
― Marcos Antonio Hernandez, Where They Burn Books, They Also Burn People

“the encomenderos made it clear during the harvest that the friars were still the lesser of two evils.”
― Marcos Antonio Hernandez, Where They Burn Books, They Also Burn People

“Encomenderos and friars aren’t so different: one aims to control our bodies, the other aims to control our souls.”
― Marcos Antonio Hernandez, Where They Burn Books, They Also Burn People

“Financial matters gave her a headache, and going to the bank made her constipated”
― Marcos Antonio Hernandez, Where They Burn Books, They Also Burn People

“He had never before tasted anything as good as that drink, and never did again, because in each sip was the certainty that he had come in contact with one of God’s angels.”
― Marcos Antonio Hernandez, Where They Burn Books, They Also Burn People

“I’ll make this quick,” the boss began. “Today was your last day working here.”
― Marcos Antonio Hernandez, Where They Burn Books, They Also Burn People