I became an ifrit to save the lives of my fellow jinn. What kind of life saver would I be if I let you sit here and wither away in paradise? Just an obstacle. Just an obstacle. I meet the ifrit's eyes. What happened to all your talk about birds and fish having nowhere to live? The ifrit shrugs. I suggest you start holding your breath, my friend, he says, then pushes through the hearing room doors.

Maybe all you can do, when your world is burning, is hold on to the thing you love the most.

How could I possibly try to pretend the sunlight doesn’t exist, now that it’s taken so much of me?

Freedom of speech doesn't mean freedom from judgement.

I'm friggin' awesome! So screw the haters!

I am confident, I am capable, and I will not wait to be rescued by a woodsman or a hunter.

Mortals always want something more- they wish for money, but what they're really after is to be carefree. Power when what they really want is control. Beauty when they want love. Sometimes they know it, sometimes they don't