Noor Al-Shanti Quotes

Source: Children of the Dead City

“They were almost demon-like, with metallic rings around their throats that gleamed in the moonlight and more weapons than a normal human should be able to carry.”

Humanity Human Demon Weapon

Book:Children of the Dead City

Source: Children of the Dead City

“The Travelers say that it is not in the human nature to kill or harm anyone. They believe that war is so abhorrent to the human spirit that it can destroy those who are victorious more surely than it destroys those who are killed.”

War Spirit Human Nature Traveler Kill Abhorrent Victorious

Book:Children of the Dead City

Source: Children of the Dead City

“The King in the Palace had the power to play with people’s lives and destroy them, but he did not even know what was happening in the ranks of his own soldiers, in the halls of his own home.”

Home Power King Soldiers Destroy Palace

Book:Children of the Dead City

Source: Children of the Dead City

“Just because your mother is dead that does not mean you can stop being her son.”

Life Mother Life Lessons Relationship Son Impact Legacy Dead

Book:Children of the Dead City

Source: Children of the Dead City

“He clutched at his chest, trying to find the pendant that hung there, to hold onto the reality of it, the reality of his age and the time in which he was living, but the shadows surrounded him on all sides and the fear grew in his heart and he was only a frightened little boy.”

Heart Fear Memory Frightened Shadows Little Boy Necklace Pendant

Book:Children of the Dead City

Source: Children of the Dead City

“The tears fell like rivers down Tern’s cheeks. He did not want to cry. He wanted to be strong like Raven, like Hawk, but they fell all the same. He tried to hold them back, but that only made it difficult to breathe.”

Strong Difficult Cry Tears Breathe Raven Hawk Tern Holding Back Tears

Book:Children of the Dead City

Source: Children of the Dead City

“And because he could do nothing about it, Tern’s anger suffocated him. It made more tears.”

Power Tears Anger Helplessness Suffocated Tern

Book:Children of the Dead City

Source: Children of the Dead City

“If you take a man’s choices away from him, you cannot blame him for the outcome.”

Choices Choice Choices And Consequences

Book:Children of the Dead City

Source: Children of the Dead City

“Alkaid had never opened up to anyone like this, but Enki did not feel special, just tired.”

Confidence Storm Secrets Opening Up Wanderer Ship Difficult Conversations

Book:Wandering Storm

Source: Wandering Storm

“The city had fallen, his parents had died, no shred of their old lives would be left by the shape-shifters, but there were still lords galloping around on horses that could uphold the old rules. The destruction and desperation had afforded Alistair a few moments of freedom to practice magic, but now he would go back to the life of poverty and misery and powerlessness that he had been born to.”

Magic Forbidden Shapeshifters Lords

Book:A Kingly Sword

Source: A Kingly Sword

“he did not seem to have any actual training with a weapon, but there was something frightening about the way he fought. Something wild and uncontrolled seemed to have possessed him.”

Training Control Fight Possessed Wild Weapon Uncontrollable Fought

Book:Children of the Dead City

Source: Children of the Dead City

“Being helpless can cause a man an early death," Enki said sourly, "But the others will be back for us soon and then it'll be all over.”

Journey Sea Wisdom Quotes Travel Helpless Powerless Wanderers Ship

Book:Wandering Storm

Source: Wandering Storm

“There was no water for miles on end here, not even a small lake, and he was starting to feel like a man trapped in a prison.”

Water Sea Travel Wanderer Seafaring

Book:Wandering Storm

Source: Wandering Storm

“The figure’s exposed arms were so scarred and burnt they almost looked like they were covered with scales. Bright silver hair hung down over the man’s frighteningly large, glowing eyes.”

Scales Frightening Scars Figure Sorcerer

Book:Children of the Dead City

Source: Children of the Dead City

“and the uniform jacket he wore was so tattered and dirty that there could only be one reason he still had it. It must mean something to him, hold some particular importance.”

Importance Meaning Sentimental Uniform Jacket Tattered

Book:Children of the Dead City

Source: Children of the Dead City

“he looked more like a gust of wind or a whirl of smoke than a boy.”

Smoke Boy Sneaking Gust Of Wind

Book:Children of the Dead City

Source: Children of the Dead City

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