“Loulie flinched. So the marid had been punished for pacifism. She thought of Mazen, who had been abused for his kind heart, and of her tribe, who had perished simply for existing in the wrong place at the wrong time. It was as Mazen had said: it was always the people caught between greater powers that suffered.” KindSufferingPowerInnocentPacifism Author:Chelsea Abdullah
“They were the same. All of them, monsters. Only Mazen had been innocent, and now he would be haunted by imaginary blood on his hands for the rest of his life.” BloodHorrorInnocentUnfairMonster Book:The Ashfire King Source: The Ashfire King
“I think the war between humans and jinn never ended. Humans blame the jinn for the barrenness of the land, and the jinn blame humans for their sunken cities. I think both of our worlds are dying, in different ways, because they are divided. In the absence of the truth, people make up their own stories. That is why there is so much hatred. That is why, even now, jinn blood paints the human desert and ifrit like Nabila pray for war. You know as well as I that there are people who do not believe in those stories - people who are caught in the middle that only wish for peace. But when we think about war, we forget about those people. We forget that there might be an alternative to violence.” WarStoriesPeaceInnocentMisunderstandingDivide Book:The Ashfire King Source: The Ashfire King