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“Usually the secrets we keep deep down, ain鈥檛 meant to hurt other people,鈥 he said. 鈥淣ot saying they won鈥檛, but not through intentions. Those deep secrets, we hide away because we鈥檙e afraid what other people might think. How they might judge us, if they knew. And nobody鈥檚 judgment we scared of more than the one we give our hearts to. Besides, everybody got secrets. Even you, I鈥檓 betting.”
― A Master of Djinn
― A Master of Djinn

“The national quest to modernize and mobilize entails a faith in one鈥檚 ability to control world order, and when that happens, you lose your connection with the gods. When man begins to think that he is responsible for writing the script of the world, he forgets the forces that dream up our reality.”
― The Poppy War
― The Poppy War

“Might I ask, what, ah, temple you belong to?鈥 鈥淗athor,鈥 Siti answered. 鈥淏ut I鈥檓 more partial to Sekhmet.鈥 鈥淪ekhmet. In theological alchemy we studied ancient and Hellenistic Egypt. If I recall, she鈥檚 a goddess of battle?鈥 鈥淭he Eye of Ra. When humankind sought to overthrow Ra, his daughter Hathor didn鈥檛 take too kindly. In her anger, she became Sekhmet鈥攖he fiery lioness. Then broke some things.鈥 Hadia frowned. 鈥淒idn鈥檛 she almost wipe out the world?鈥 鈥淭he goddess really gets into her work.”
― A Master of Djinn
― A Master of Djinn

“Anything worth doing is worth overdoing”
― Fables: The Deluxe Edition, Book Eight
― Fables: The Deluxe Edition, Book Eight
“This good and kind person-embodied what St. Anselm meant when he talked of theology as fides quarens intellectum: how God can draw us to understand the transcendent through reason, and how leaning and erudition can coexist with humility and love.”
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