"The Palace of Illusions" Quotes
A reimagining of the Indian epic Mahabharata from the perspective of its key female character, Draupadi.
fiction | 360 pages | Published in 2008
Quotes
I would not let a woman die, even if she came to me for help.
If I have to die, I would rather die fighting.
I understand now that I am what I make of myself.
The oldest stories are the ones we need the most.
Sometimes what we do best is to make the best of what's handed to us.
How can a woman be blamed when it is the men who have created a society that makes it impossible for her to live and behave as she wishes?
A woman's life is nine parts mess to one part magic, you'll learn that soon enough...and the parts that look like magic turn out to be messiest of all.
It is in the nature of things that when something is pushed, it pushes back.
We do not choose the time into which we are born, or the circumstances into which we are born. Yet, within these restraints, we can strive to be free.
Love is a strange thing. It can make the weakest person strong, and the strongest person weak.
