Quotes About Mamoud

As for chaos," Mamoud said, "chaos is not what is happening around you, but how you conduct yourself around … chaos." The earth erupted in explosion and flames not forty feet from the turret. Mamoud didn't flinch, but Jonathan definitely did. Even Lady Insult put her spyglass down. The tower shuddered from the footfall of the elephants. There was a sour smell like sulfur.

There came another explosion, and Jonathan flinched, but Mamoud moved not at all, and somehow his calm steadied Jonathan. He had the demeanor of a doctor or a civil servant, in a useful way.