Zia Quotes

I woke to a bucket of ice water in my face. "Sadie! Get up,” Zia said. "God!” I yelled. "Was that necessary?” "No,” admitted Zia. (Rick Riordan)
Somewhere behind me, Zia yelled, "Hippo!" Which I thought was a little late. ~Carter Kane. View quote
Rick Riordan
Now the tattoos," Zia announced. "Brilliant!" I said. "On your tongue," she added. "Excuse me? View quote
Rick Riordan
How does it taste?” Carter wondered. Zia smiled. "Stick out your tongue.” To answer Carter's question, the tattoo tasted like burning car tires. "Ugh.” I spit a blue gob of "order and harmony” into the fountain. View quote
Rick Riordan
I'll let you and Zia have some quality time," she told me. "Just the two of you and your coat. View quote
Rick Riordan
What about King Tut's tomb?” I protested. "That boy king?” Zia rolled her eyes. "Boring. You should see some of the good tombs. View quote
Rick Riordan
Oh, god,” I said. "Sorry, sorry. Do I die now?” --Sadie to Zia. View quote
Rick Riordan
Carter, not to be unkind," I said, "but the last few months you've been seeing messages about Zia. Two weeks ago, you thought she was sending you a distress call in your mashed potatoes." "It was a Z! Carved right in the potatoes! View quote
Rick Riordan
Indian business women like Indra Nooyi, Chanda Kochhar, Naina Lal Kidwai, Shikha Sharma, Swati Piramal, Anu Agha, Swati Piramal, Sulajja Firodia Motwani and Zia Mody have put India on the global firmament. View quote
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
With its extreme dependence on foreign aid, Bangladesh is understandably concerned about not offending Western sensibilities too much., Its government did not insist on implementing the prison sentence pronounced by a court against feminist author Taslima Nasrin for her 1994 book Shame, much less the death sentence pronounced by individual Muftis. Instead it preferred to send her into exile and be rid of the whole controversy. Her latest book, Wild Wind, is the object of yet another ban by the Islamist-leaning government of Khaleda Zia, the reason given being that it "destroys the socio-political amity of the country” and "contains anti-Islamic statements.”. View quote
Taslima Nasrin