Lamia Abbas Amara

"Cities have a spirit and reveal their secrets if you listen."

"Why should we hate the people we once loved because of a war that mars even our memories?"

"Lamea ... is ... dark and intense, with the personality of an archaic queen."

"During one of her lessons to me, Lamea said that priests have long beards and never cut their hair because they wish to look like Šamiš, the sun. Power resides in hair, like the sun’s rays."