The Throne Of Fire Quotes
"Look, we don’t have time for long introductions. I need to tell this story quickly, or we’re all going to die."
"The point of this recording is to let you know what’s really happening and how things went wrong."
"Magicians are supposed to wear linen because it doesn’t interfere with magic."
"You’d think magic would make things easier. In fact, it usually made things more complicated."
"Gods only talk when they’re ready, and they don’t have a good sense of mortal time."
"Falling in love for the first time had been hard enough. But when the girl you like turns out to be ceramic and cracks to pieces before your eyes—well, it gives "breaking your heart" a new meaning."
"I’ll explain when we get back. Right now, let’s figure out how to move the statue."
"If Apophis returns, we have to make sure we have Ra on our side to counteract him. Then we stand a chance."
"I’m so sorry, Jaz. I just…I’ll go mad if I don’t get away."
"Every night, this was the journey, It was not Ra who fended off the creatures of Chaos. We other gods kept him safe."
"We create order out of chaos, beauty and meaning out of ugly randomness."
"Egyptian magic is pretty open-ended. There are always a thousand different ways to accomplish a task. The trick is being creative with your supplies and picking a way that won’t get you killed."
"Every human had one, just as each god did; but most humans spent their whole lives not knowing that, not ever putting in words their most private identity."
"Divine magic has to be involuntary, like breathing."
"The secret name is your darkest thoughts, your most embarrassing moments, your biggest dreams, your worst fears, all wrapped together."
"You can do this. You’re my brother. I love you. All the embarrassing bits, all the annoying bits, which I imagine is most of you—a thousand Zias might run away from you if they knew the truth. But I won’t. I’ll still be here."
"The infirmary was the nicest medical facility I’d ever been in, but that wasn’t saying much. I hated hospitals."
"The ren is the same as one’s secret name. It was more than just special word."
"Egypt itself will fall. The names of her gods will fade to a distant memory."
"That didn’t necessarily make me feel better. I imagined myself running through a tunnel with flaming scrolls stuck to both hands."
"If you’ve got the ceremonial knife, why can’t you release us?"
"You don’t know me," she murmured. "I’m sorry."
"It’s hard for me to talk about," he said. "I didn’t mean to hide anything from you."
"Of course it’s real," Bast said. "Just controlled by a sliver of my ba."
"You’re a novice and a heretic," he said. "Just my luck."
"I take it back, Miss Kane. Please, go right ahead trying to kill yourself."
"I can see why you’d think so. I probably have that ‘Isis magic’ smell to me, don’t I? But honestly, I sent Isis packing. She doesn’t live here anymore."
"I’ll do my best to protect your home. Promise me, if it comes to a choice, that you’ll listen to your own heart, not the will of the gods."
"We can’t turn around. We have to go over—straight into the lake."
"I am part of Ra. I am his aspect in the underworld—a third of his personality. But when Ra stopped making his nightly journey, he no longer needed me."
"‘I name you First from Chaos,’ I said. ‘Khnum, who is Ra, the evening sun. I summon your ba to awaken the Great One, for I am—’"
"‘The Divine Potter,’" I corrected myself. "‘I name you Khnum, protector of the fourth gate. I return your name. I return your essence to Ra.’"
"If you knew my name, we wouldn’t need introductions, and I could let you pass."
"I think I will know my ren when I hear it," he decided, "though I cannot be sure."
"I’m not plunging to my death with loser painted on my head!"
"It’s a line from the Book of Ra. We can’t turn around. We have to go over—straight into the lake."
"Heh-sieh!" and a hieroglyph blazed between them.
"Sadie," I muttered. "Come on. Where are you?"
"No matter," Khonsu said. "Would you like to spend your hard-earned time complaining? Or do you want to save this poor old fool of a king?"
"Khufu, our intrepid baboon, was riding an old magician around the room, choking him with his own wand and steering him into walls as the mage turned blue."
"Where did you go, Sadie Kane?" Apophis called, his voice now as deep as a cannon shot.
"Yes, my girl. I do know how. The remedy was passed down for generations among the priests of Amun-Ra."
"He’s always saving me," he said bitterly. "She’s always wonderful, nice, kind."
"Don’t like you much. But you were right. The old ways…our only chance. Tell Amos…tell Amos what happened."
"You've devoted your life to studying the ways of Chaos. You can sense the unleashing of Apophis, can't you? And the return of Ra."
"He's going to rise into the heavens! Walt, Zia, jump off!"
"The gods and the House of Life must work together. Sadie and Carter are right. The Serpent will not stay down for long, now that he has broken his chains."
"You are tainted with the power of Set! We'll spread the word. We'll let them know you murdered Desjardins."
"I'm fine! Right at dawn, I woke up feeling great. I guess as soon as you arrived...I don't know. Something happened."
"The power of Ra. When he rose, he brought new life, new energy to all of us. He revitalized our spirit."
"And now that Desjardins is dead, the second-most powerful magician is the most powerful magician. And who do you think that is?"
"I pledge my loyalty! I expect you all to do the same. I will protect Ra’s boat as we pass through the Duat tonight."
"Ra muttered in his sleep, 'Fish, cookie, weasel,' then went back to snoring."
"Our greatest enemy rises, and you have dethroned my son and made a senile god our leader."