Alif the Unseen

Metaphors are dangerous. Calling something by a false name changes it, and metaphor is just a fancy way of calling something by a false name.”

purer thoughts bred purer air:

It was only the lethargy of his service and the contempt in his voice that told Reza he had lost the boy’s respect.

He chooses not to see,

“Why won’t you let him see you?”

“There is always a way,” he said. “Know there is a way, and the way will present itself.