10 Quotes & Sayings By Alwyn Hamilton

Alwyn Hamilton is a novelist, poet and translator. He has published over twenty books of fiction and poetry in English since 1989, and his work has been translated into six languages. He has won the Prix Européen de Littérature for his translation of Lindsay Barrett's "Midsummer Night's Dream" and several other international awards. His novel, "The Cold Between," was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2015 and was translated into French and German Read more

You know, I never believed in fate until I met...
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You know, I never believed in fate until I met you... then I started thinking coincidence didn't have near so cruel a sense of humor Alwyn Hamilton
I put a knife in your hand and your first...
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I put a knife in your hand and your first instinct was to stab me."" You tried to stab me first, " I objected without thinking. Alwyn Hamilton
I hated the quiet. I could hear my fears that...
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I hated the quiet. I could hear my fears that much louder for it. Alwyn Hamilton
We were going to get Ahmed back. And Rahim back....
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We were going to get Ahmed back. And Rahim back. And Shazad. And Delila. And all the others who had been captured. And we were going to end this. Alwyn Hamilton
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I seemed to still be alive. Which was unexpected. I'd feel good about it when I stopped retching my insides up. Alwyn Hamilton
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It was a bad idea to play chicken with someone who'd known you your whole life. Nobody came out a winner. Alwyn Hamilton
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I called the desert into a storm. Alwyn Hamilton
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My mother had raised me on a thousand stories of girls who were saved by the Djinn, princesses rescued from towers, peasant girls rescued from poverty. Turned out, stories were just stories. I was on my own. Alwyn Hamilton
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I barged through the palace, dripping a trail of blood behind me as I held the dead bird by the neck. Alwyn Hamilton