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181 " Ah, how helpless we children are, how dependent on the whims of adults. "
― Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni , Sister of My Heart (Anju and Sudha #1)
182 " And if I wasn't able to bar anger, or her insidious cousin, irritation, From my heart, at least some of the time I bit back the sharp comments that I had prided myself on dispensing so freely all these years. "
― Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni , The Palace of Illusions
183 " A situation in itself,” he said, “is neither happy nor unhappy. It’s only your response to it that causes your sorrow. But "
184 " Sometimes he sang to me, making me smile because he was always slightly off-key, my husband who was so perfect at everything else. For me, that was part of his charm. "
― Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni , The Forest of Enchantments
185 " When Arjun asked why man found himself driven to wrongdoing in spite of good intentions, Krishna replied, Because of anger and desire, our two direst enemies. How "
186 " Good daughters are fortunate lamps, brightening the family’s name. "
― Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni , Before We Visit the Goddess
187 " Weeping is not bad. It clears out the heart, making space in it for growth. "
― Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni , The Conch Bearer (Brotherhood of the Conch, #1)
188 " Early in my life, I learned to eavesdrop. I was driven to this ignoble practice because people seldom told me anything worth knowing. "
189 " Drupad was mystified. He'd had little to do with the Kaurava clan, whose kingdom lay to the northwest, in Hastinapur. From what he'd heard, their blind ruler, Dhritarashtra, was a quiet, careful man. "
190 " She taught me to close myself off from the sorrow of others so that I might survive "
191 " the confidence of the untested. "
192 " Such rulers were adored by the citizens they protected, but often their families had to bear the brunt of sacrifice. "
193 " mother?” Yudhisthir asked. “Haven't our scriptures "
194 " Dear Anju, for whom love means that we must want the same thing, always. That we must be the same. She has not yet learned that ultimately each person - even Anjali and Basudha - is distinct, separate. That ultimately we are each alone. "
195 " It's a rare man—and an even rarer ruler—that can remain untouched by jealousy in the face of a peer's sudden prosperity. "
196 " The force of a person's believing seeps into those around him— into the very earth and air and water—until there's nothing else. "
197 " Endure your challenges. "
198 " Mostly their troubles were minor ones, for they followed a healthy lifestyle, waking at sunrise to bathe in the river, then spending long hours in study or prayer, followed by daily chores, simple meals, storytelling "
199 " I was forced to face the truth. Ram no longer cared for me. Or if he did, it was pushed deep down inside him, suffocated by kingship. And since the children came from my body and were subject to the same gossip and doubts, he couldn’t afford to care for them either. "
200 " He told me that visions of all he needed to write came to him at the oddest moments, forcing him to abandon other activities and write them down. "