Ashura Quotes

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I thought you loved all this excitement,' Nyx said. 'I love orange-flavored popsicles. Fried maggots on toast. Sunset in Ashura. This? This, I merely tolerate.
Kameron Hurley (Rapture (Bel Dame Apocrypha, #3))
even the murderer. We know the killer has a limp, and Krain Linshok, the Kumma Magistrate was injured in
Davis Ashura (A Warrior's Path (The Castes and the OutCastes #1))
No matter how broken the body, any person who can reason can remain dangerous.
Davis Ashura (A Testament of Steel (Instrument of Omens, #1))
Mohammed even adopted the Jewish traditions of praying in the direction of Jerusalem, of common Friday midday worship in preparation for the Sabbath day, and of fasting on the tenth day of each new year. In the latter case, the Jewish Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur) provided the model for the Muslim fast of Ashura. The word Ashura is reminiscent of the Hebrew word asor–ten–and quite early on, Ashura was fixed on the tenth day of the Muslim calendar, following the Jewish example of observing Yom Kippur ten days after the Jewish New Year.9 Similarly, although Mohammed and his followers had prayed only twice a day in Mecca, they followed the Jewish example in Medina by introducing a third prayer at midday.10
Martin Gilbert (In Ishmael's House: A History of Jews in Muslim Lands)
Cinder halted in uncertainty. “I’m not sure. It just seemed like the right thing to say. I’m not supposed to call you, ‘sir’?” Deepak shook his head. “Not unless you think I’m a lord, an officer of the law, or your master, which I ain’t.
Davis Ashura (A Testament of Steel (Instrument of Omens, #1))
But your performance in the Grand Melee and the Unitary Trail is part of the past. We can learn from it, but it provides nothing more than education. Any glory earned doesn't linger. By now, it's gone. It is this day and every day following which are more important.
Davis Ashura (Memories of Prophecies (Instrument of Omens, #2))
-Take some time off and enjoy yourself. Life isn't all about work. >Work is how we define our lives. -And pleasure makes that life worth living.
Davis Ashura (A Testament of Steel (Instrument of Omens, #1))
There are many lives a man can lead, but in the end, they all lead to death.
Davis Ashura (A Warrior's Path (The Castes and the OutCastes, #1))
A few of them even proffered a leering smile at Anya, exposing a graveyard of rotting teeth.
Davis Ashura (A Necessary Heresy (Instrument of Omens, #3))
Evil needs to be contained if it can’t be changed. Killed if it can’t be contained.
Davis Ashura (A Testament of Steel (Instrument of Omens, #1))
If I resist the stars and nature, I’ll be nothing but a sinner, doing a harm against Heaven. But, if destiny doesn’t change…the world will become a living hell. And even so, I still wish for the next Lord Ashura…my son to be born.
CLAMP (RG Veda, Vol. 10)
Make all of me…yours.
CLAMP (RG Veda, Vol. 10)
We were children whose only sin was our very existence.
CLAMP (RG Veda, Vol. 10)
If she gets caught and punished by the God King…it’ll break Ashura’s heart again.
CLAMP (RG Veda, Vol. 7)
This is where my sin sleeps. In this endless dream.
CLAMP (RG Veda, Vol. 7)
If I resist the stars and nature…I’ll be nothing but a sinner, doing harm against heaven. All for the wish to save my child.
CLAMP (RG Veda, Vol. 7)
Lord Ashura, this is my little friend, a future guardian warrior. Yama, son of Lord Yasha.
CLAMP (RG Veda, Vol. 7)