“ Where are we going?" I asked. "The main road leads to all of the major kingdoms.""Not all of them," said Amar. Roshani Chokshi
“ Ruling Akaran is a strange task. In many ways, it is like balancing an illusion. You must separate the illusion of what you see and the reality of its consequences," he said. "Tell me, my queen, are y… Roshani Chokshi
“ Who wanted to be smiled at by the girl that trailed shadows like pets, conjured snakes and waited for Death, her bridegroom, to steal her from these walls? Roshani Chokshi
“ His smile banished my loneliness and limbed the hollows of my anema with starlight, pure and bright...his touch hummed in my bones like an aria -- a song to my dance, a beginning of a promise. Roshani Chokshi
“ The problem with guilt was not how it attacks the present, but how it stained the past. Hindsight was a blemish on memory. Roshani Chokshi
“ What she coaxed out of me was a visceral need to live, and wasn't that what fueled immortality and made it worthwhile anyway? That there were wonders still left to be uncovered? Roshani Chokshi
“ Nothing was more beautiful than a night sky dusted with stars. Nothing was more terrible than a night sky scrawled with a thousand destinies. Night was inevitable. Like me. Roshani Chokshi
“ I would rip the stars from the sky if you wished it. Anything for you. But remember to trust me. Remember your promise. Roshani Chokshi
“ A story. This was the key to immortality. The things that made kings quiver and deities distrustful: Nothing but a tale. Roshani Chokshi
“ Perhaps Choices spring up when history makes way for them. Perhaps they will grow, like legends upon dead conquerors. Roshani Chokshi
“ And perhaps that in itself was the great secret---not just for legacy, but also for life. You could carry a story inside you and hold it up to the light when you needed it the most. You could peer thr… Roshani Chokshi
