He warned me that trade would open the door to greed and greed was an inconsiderate guest; it would bring its evil relations with it. (p58) The Moor's Account (2014)
I know now that these conquerors, like many others before them, and no doubt like others after, gave speeches not to voice the truth, but to create it. (p8) The Moor's Account (2014)
Nothing new has ever happened to a son of Adam, she said. Everything has already been lived and everything has already been told. If only we listened to the stories. (p52) The Moor's Account (2014)
A name is precious; it carries inside it a language, a history, a set of traditions, a particular way of looking at the world. Losing it meant losing my ties to all those things too. (p5) The Moor's Account (2014)