Naji's Quotes

#1. He didn't ask - of course he didn't ask - but he did show up at the captain's quarters one evening after dinner looking sheepish.

Cassandra Rose Clarke

#2. No step taken in faith is wasted, not by a God who makes all things new.

Rachel Held Evans

#3. I am pleased to inform you of the decision of the Government of the Republic of Iraq to allow the return of the United Nations weapons inspectors to Iraq without conditions.

Naji Sabri

#4. I can't believe this," I muttered, cradling the skein of water up close to my chest. "Two weeks in the desert all on account of some assassin who doesn't know how to look out for snakes."
"If you hadn't killed that snake," Naji said calmly, "I would have killed you."
" Oh, shut up.

Cassandra Rose Clarke

#5. I've got a great support system, starting with my wife and family, to my agent, my instructor, and my mental coach.

Zach Johnson

#6. Power, when invested in the hands of knaves or fools, generally is the source of tyranny ...

Charlotte Charke

#7. You know, that pissed me off. We'd traveled half around the world to get to him, and there were monsters chasing us and Naji's curse was impossible to break, and here he was cracking jokes about our professions.

Cassandra Rose Clarke

#8. The Painter who seeks popularity in Art closes the door upon his own genius.

Washington Allston

#9. There is only one class in the community that thinks more about money than the rich, and that is the poor. The poor can think of nothing else.

Oscar Wilde

#10. Nobody writes down stories." [Ananna]
"They do when they're trapped at sea and bored senseless." [Naji]

Cassandra Rose Clarke

#11. [On the birth of son William:] Thank goodness he hasn't got ears like his father.

Princess Diana

#12. I'm not afraid of anything.

Jeanne Calment

#13. Baji-naji, nand' paidhi. Fortune has a human face and bastard Chance whores drunken down your streets.

C.J. Cherryh

#14. I think all of us in our lives feel like we can't make a difference or we can't make a change or it's too late or we're too tired or we're too scared.

Kerry Washington

#15. That's called faith. Trusting God." His voice waffled. "We must be ready to hear from Him and respond, at any moment, no matter what the consequence.

Rachel Hauck

#16. What stopped you? Why didn't you help her?" [Naji]
"Cause you're my friend," I said. [Ananna]
All the hardness in his features melted away. "Oh.

Cassandra Rose Clarke

#17. Your enthusiasm for learning gives me hope for the future," he said. "We can start right now if you'd like. You don't seem to be ... working

Cassandra Rose Clarke

#18. When people come up to me and say, 'I read your book,' I'm thinking, 'How dare you! Who gave you a copy?'

Steve Toltz

#19. Then I saw that sparkle in Naji's eye and knew he was laughing at me.
"See?" he said. "Now you know how it feels"
I glared at him for a few seconds. He looked kind of pleased with himself, but he also looked kind of happy, and that was enough for me to turn back to my equations.

Cassandra Rose Clarke

#20. If the U.N. secretary-general withdraws the inspectors from Baghdad ... this means that the secretary-general has abandoned its own responsibility in maintaining peace and security in the world.

Naji Sabri

#21. I was dozing on the sand, drowsy from the heat of the fire, when Naji shook me awake hours later. I rolled over and looked at him. "You're alive," he said. "Course I'm alive," I snapped. "You're the one who keeps passing out.

Cassandra Rose Clarke

#22. The only option to avoid war is the departure of the number one warmonger in the world US President George W Bush. His policy has brought disaster to the United States. This crazy man should go and also his subject, disciple and follower UK Prime Minister Tony Blair.

Naji Sabri

#23. I'd handed my heart over to him, a damned blood magic assassin, without even realizing it.

Cassandra Rose Clarke