Nisha J. Tuli > Quotes

“But I am not his conquest. I am not his to claim. I’m not part of their royal line. I have my own family. And I am my own fucking castle.”
― Nisha J. Tuli, Rule of the Aurora King

“With a temper like mine, a girl is bound to get in trouble now and then…
or often.”
― Nisha J. Tuli, Trial of the Sun Queen

“Her fingers felt small, yet substantial, when he wrapped his own around them. A jolt shot through him at the touch and she stopped, looking at him with a curious expression. Had she felt it, too?”
― Nisha J. Tuli, Trial of the Sun Queen

“To every woman who’s been told they’re too wild. Too impulsive. Too much. May you always stay that way.”
― Nisha J. Tuli, Rule of the Aurora King

“That b**** took my soap.”
― Nisha J. Tuli, Trial of the Sun Queen

“Hunger is a language I know. A script I've written a thousand times.”
― Nisha J. Tuli, Trial of the Sun Queen

“I'm going to die, all because of a fucking bar of soap.”
― Nisha J. Tuli, Trial of the Sun Queen

“Never underestimate the enduring fragility of a man who suffers from a lack of confidence.”
― Nisha J. Tuli, Fate of the Sun King

“She’s like the sun, and everything else is just the stars lucky to be moving around her.”
― Nisha J. Tuli, Tale of the Heart Queen

“He sees into my darkness and stares at it with unflinching eyes.”
― Nisha J. Tuli, Fate of the Sun King

“I want her like I want air and the magic that flows in my veins.”
― Nisha J. Tuli, Rule of the Aurora King

“Did you just call me your second-best friend right to my face?”
Yasen grinned. “Listen, I figure you’re lucky you made the list at all.”
― Nisha J. Tuli, Heart of Night and Fire

“When he bonded to his queen, he would settle for nothing less than someone who set his blood on fire.”
― Nisha J. Tuli, Trial of the Sun Queen

“Nothing actually belongs to anyone here. Everything is on temporary loan, including our bodies and definitely our souls.”
― Nisha J. Tuli, Trial of the Sun Queen

“Curses can be tricky things. Sometimes they demand an impossible price, one you might not be willing to pay.”
― Nisha J. Tuli, To Wake a Kingdom

“Yes, you can. You’re going to do this because you are the strongest fucking woman I’ve ever met. Because you’re a queen without her crown and it’s time to take it back. Do you hear me?”
― Nisha J. Tuli, Rule of the Aurora King

“But his kindness is addictive.”
― Nisha J. Tuli, Trial of the Sun Queen

“You might be my mate, but I would have fallen in love with you anyway because you are impossible to ignore.”
― Nisha J. Tuli, Fate of the Sun King

“For every brown girl who wanted to be the chosen one too”
― Nisha J. Tuli, Heart of Night and Fire

“I promised I would burn down the entire world for you, and I meant it every single time.”
― Nisha J. Tuli, Tale of the Heart Queen

“He reaches out, his thumb gently brushing my cheek, where I know the bottom tip of my scar sits. “It’s ugly, I know. But it’s a reminder,” I say, waiting for him to grimace or make a scathing remark. “It’s not ugly at all. It’s noble.”
“It speaks to something important about your character that you wear it so proudly. I’ve never, for one moment, thought it was ugly. I remember the first time I saw you at the ball, how beautiful you were.”
― Nisha J. Tuli, Rule of the Aurora King

“How can this woman have spent half her life in Nostraza and turn out like that? It should have broken her. It should have left her as a shell. But somehow, she survived both that and Atlas’s Trials and came out on the other end in a blazing ball of confident fire that threatens to burn me up every time she walks into the room. It’s as though her spirit has always understood her legacy and her purpose.
She behaves exactly like a queen. A slightly wild one with a short fuse, but a queen nonetheless.”
― Nisha J. Tuli, Trial of the Sun Queen

“Lor! When are you going to get it through your head that I am totally, completely fucking in love with you!” She attempts to retreat, but I take another step until she’s backed against the window. “You’re all I think about. I’ve never felt like this about anyone, and I’d do anything for you. You’ve become my air and my blood and my only reason to exist. I love you, Lor. I love you so much it makes my heart feel ready to burst.”
― Nisha J. Tuli, Fate of the Sun King

“Only one horse? I’m not riding with you.”
― Nisha J. Tuli, Rule of the Aurora King

“He lowers his head and peers at me, meeting my eyes. “No. I can see the life you’ve lived in the depths of your eyes. You are no fool, and you are not ignorant. Perhaps you didn’t learn how to waltz or play the piano, but those are things the rich do merely to fill their time. They aren’t important and they mean nothing. You’ve lived, Lor. You must have experienced so many terrible things in that prison.”
― Nisha J. Tuli, Trial of the Sun Queen

“My heart lives outside of me now, exposed and raw for the world to witness the monster I’ve become.”
― Nisha J. Tuli, Tale of the Heart Queen

“It’s as though her spirit has always understood her legacy and her purpose.”
― Nisha J. Tuli, Rule of the Aurora King

“When you’ve been treated like nothing for most of your life, it’s easy to forget that you’re something.”
― Nisha J. Tuli, Fate of the Sun King

“The setting sun paints the water in hues of pink and orange, and every time I think I’ve witnessed the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen, I find yet another to surpass it. I wonder if I’ll ever get over this sensation of seeing everything as if for the very first time. I’ve barely lived. My entire life has been experienced on the edge of nothing.”
― Nisha J. Tuli, Trial of the Sun Queen

“One day, I’ll get out of here and pay back the Aurora King for everything he’s taken. For everything he’s done.”
― Nisha J. Tuli, Trial of the Sun Queen