Quotes from The Broken Coast

“Your own forefathers killed to have and hold the land where you were born, and sought to extinguish the memories and souls of those that were slain. What of those who prayed in the mountains of Appalachia for thousands of years? That to me is an abomination, although it is the way of men.”
― Bruce Lee Bond, quote from The Broken Coast

“Part of me shall dwell in my daughter to call upon in times of need of course.”
― Bruce Lee Bond, quote from The Broken Coast

“Absolution exists, call it Christian or whatever. It’s far older than any creed, and one of our blessings.”
― Bruce Lee Bond, quote from The Broken Coast

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“Kansas City, that’s like in Kansas, right?” I ask. “Missouri,” Frank and Dad both correct.”
― Julie Cross, quote from Whatever Life Throws at You

“You love, and tremble, and burn. Do not let any of them tell you who you are. You are the flame that cannot be put out. You are the star that cannot be lost. You are who you have always been, and that is enough and more than enough. Anyone who looks at you and sees darkness is blind”
― Cassandra Clare, quote from Nothing but Shadows

“She had been both good and wicked and everything in between. She had been both at once, too, until it was hard for her to even tell the difference anymore.”
― Danielle Paige, quote from The Wicked Will Rise

“- هناك آلاف من البشر في سدوم وعمورة يأكلون ويشربون ويتبرجون ويضحكون ويسخرون، وهناك آلاف العقول التي تشرئب كالثعابين لتنفث بسمومها نحو السماء وهي تفح. ولكن إن كان بينها أربعون روحاً فاضلة فهل ستحرقها يا مولاي؟
- أسماء! أريد أسماء! من هؤلاء الأربعون؟
-وماذا لو كانوا عشرين! عشرين روحاً فاضلة يا مولاي؟
- أنا أريد أسماء. إنني أمد يدي لأعد.
- وماذا لو كانوا عشرة، عشرة أرواح فاضلة يا مولاي؟ وماذا لو كانوا خمسة؟
- أغلق فمك الصفيق يا إبراهيم.
- ارحمنا يا مولاي. لست عادلاً فقط. أنت طيب أيضاً. ولو كنت عادلاً فقط لحدث الويل.لضعنا كلنا. لكنك طيب يا مولاي ولهذا ما يزال الناس قادرين على الوقوف في الهواء.
- لا تركع وأنت تمد يدك للإمساك بركبتيَ. فليس لدي ركبتان. ولا تبدأ النواح لكي تمس قلبي إذ لا قلب لي. أنا صارم، قطعة جامدة من الغرانيت الأسود ولا يمكن ليد أن تطبع لمستها عليَ. لقد وصلت إلى قراري . سأحرق سدوم وعمورة.
- لا تتسرع يا مولاي. لم العجلة حين تكون مسألة قتل؟ انتظر لقد وجدت واحدة!
- ما الذي وجدته وأنت تنقب في التراب أيتها الدودة؟
- روح فاضلة.
- من؟
- لوط. ابن أخي هارون.”
― Nikos Kazantzakis, quote from Report to Greco

“In this office we do not have problems. We have interesting developments. We have challenges. If we absolute must we may, on occasion, have a slight difficulty. But under no circumstances whatsoever do we have problems.”
― Karen Miller, quote from The Innocent Mage

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