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The Temple Dancer (Novels of India #1) QUOTES

The Temple Dancer (Novels of India #1) QUOTES

1 " On suicide:
Those are vanities, child. They cause immeasurable suffering in this life and all future lives. Who knows, perhaps you have been given this harsh portion because of misdeeds in some past life. "

― , The Temple Dancer (Novels of India #1)

2 " This is desire, daughter, the endless piercing that informs the universe throughout eternity, "

― , The Temple Dancer (Novels of India #1)

3 " Fortunately she stopped the servants before the platters of cold meats left the house, sending them back to the kitchen where she had the ham and beef placed on separate plates, for the Hindi Christians despite their conversion would not eat cow and the Muslims would not eat pig. The Portuguese, of course, ate anything. "

― , The Temple Dancer (Novels of India #1)

4 " To worship means to feel distance. But God is not distant. "

― John Speed, , The Temple Dancer (Novels of India #1)

5 " The road is not certain, and the end of the journey cannot be seen. "

― , The Temple Dancer (Novels of India #1)

6 " When you dance, sister, you feel in your heart the blessing of the Goddess, her peace, her kindness. But when you are with him, then the power of the Goddess is in your heart, crashing through you. The Goddess is no thing of stone. The Goddess is breath, desire, despair. She is the green of the brushing leaf, the baby's cry, the lovers bite, the fragrance of the rose. You feel the Goddess moving through you. "

― , The Temple Dancer (Novels of India #1)

7 " I think we were very foolish, you and I. "

― , The Temple Dancer (Novels of India #1)

8 " I do not dream anymore, nor do I sleep. My days are empty, my nights endless. My only thought is of her, this murderer. But despite what you say, she brings me life. "

― , The Temple Dancer (Novels of India #1)

9 " The gods cannot place their gifts into a closed fist. First your hand must be emptied, then the gifts may be received. We poor fools call this loss, and we suffer, but it is the blessing of the gods. "

― , The Temple Dancer (Novels of India #1)

10 " In Islam, all living things have souls. We are made pure by the fire of the lord compassion. "

― , The Temple Dancer (Novels of India #1)

11 " You can't trust even thieves these days. "

― , The Temple Dancer (Novels of India #1)

12 " Finally Lucinda grew used to her silence, and began not only to accept it, but treasure it. She too grew quiet. For the first time she heard the music of her heart. "

― , The Temple Dancer (Novels of India #1)

13 " Here in this old palace, untouched by the winds of change, here maybe some magic happens, for a little while. But the day must come when she will walk the road across the lake, and on that day, in the sad, heartless world on the other shore, you know it cannot last she is a slave. "

― , The Temple Dancer (Novels of India #1)

14 " You are closer to me than my breath, "

― , The Temple Dancer (Novels of India #1)

15 " It's one thing to be helpless as one tries to lace a corset or to mount an elephant, quite another to be helpless as a bandit pushes a black steel knife against the flesh of your throat while his brother comes to join him. "

― , The Temple Dancer (Novels of India #1)

16 " To worship means to feel distance. But God is not distant. "

― , The Temple Dancer (Novels of India #1)

17 " Maybe he loves her. Maybe he wishes to have her forever, maybe he wishes that she could be his bride. Even then he might lose much to be with her-his properties, his position. But next to his love for her, what meaning do they have? He would be a fool to treasure dead gold more then a live heart. "

― , The Temple Dancer (Novels of India #1)

18 " At my age a man discovers regret, Senhor Mouse. I pursued blood instead of beauty. My memories are all of killing. I've forgotten the rest. Sometimes I cannot sleep. "

― , The Temple Dancer (Novels of India #1)

19 " Leave me now as one leaves a corpse...with regret, and memories, but without a second look. "

― , The Temple Dancer (Novels of India #1)

20 " Things are best that way, Deoga. Forgetting, not remembering. You Farangs become encumbered with your past. The past drives you mad. It keeps you from acting sensibly. "

― , The Temple Dancer (Novels of India #1)