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Greatness takes time, Banu Nahida. Often the mightiest things have the humblest beginnings.
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S.A. Chakraborty (The City of Brass (The Daevabad Trilogy, #1))
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I'm coming back, Nahri," he promised. "You're my Banu Nahida. This is my city." His expression was defiant. "Nothing will keep me from either of you.
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S.A. Chakraborty (The City of Brass (The Daevabad Trilogy, #1))
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I am who I am because of that human world. It wasn’t the Banu Nahida who’d driven the peris to their knees, it was the con artist of Cairo, and Nahri wouldn’t cast her away.
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S.A. Chakraborty (The Empire of Gold (The Daevabad Trilogy, #3))
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I’m coming back, Nahri,” he promised. “You’re my Banu Nahida. This is my city.” His expression was defiant. “Nothing will keep me from either of you.
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S.A. Chakraborty (The City of Brass (The Daevabad Trilogy, #1))
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It was the character's job that swung my heart. He was a dentist who fell in love with a girl with crooked teeth." Nahida smiles, her eyes glistening. "He didn't try and fix her. In the story, he just loved her.
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Rajdeep Paulus (Seeing Through Stones)
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Nahida watched as Elysia pulled out some dark lipstick, the color reminding her of a ripe cherry. She patted a small amount on
her lips. “I don’t want to apply too much. You have a very fair complexion.
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Ashley Weyer Liranzo (Tainted Fate: Fantasy Romance Novel)