Saladin Ahmed Quotes & Sayings

One can only know as much as one has lived to know, though it is certainly possible to learn a great deal less than this. — Saladin Ahmed

I spent many years in grad school in English, so I've read a lot in a variety of genres. But adventure fantasy is my bread and butter as a reader, and probably always will be. So it's only natural that I came to that genre as a writer. — Saladin Ahmed

My writerly aspirations are pretty simple: to provide as many readers as possible with the same sort of wonderful immersion that I myself get from fantasy novels - and to make enough money to help feed my kids while doing so. — Saladin Ahmed

Ahhh, God's balls! The Horrible Halt!" Adoulla pronounced the Dhamsawaati term for the complete standstill of traffic with a familiar disgust. — Saladin Ahmed

When one faces two ghuls, waste no time wishing for fewer. — Saladin Ahmed

I have served Almighty God as best as I can. I have failed at times, but "Perfection is the palace in which God alone lives. — Saladin Ahmed