Nisha J. Tuli > Quotes

“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

“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

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

“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

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

“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

“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

“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

“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

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

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

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

“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

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

“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

“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

“I might not know who the thirty-seventh king of Aphelion was, but at least I know how to throw a fucking punch.”
― Nisha J. Tuli, Trial of the Sun Queen

“The kindness in his words, the sympathy in his voice, makes tears flame behind my eyes.”
― Nisha J. Tuli, Trial of the Sun Queen

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

“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

“Serce controlled the twitch of a muscle in her face as she resisted the urge to raise an imperious eyebrow. Of course, she was beautiful. She didn’t need this male to validate that. He made it sound like he was doing her a favor by noticing. Atlas was pleasing enough to look at, but she hoped he wouldn’t kick up a fuss when he realized he held the secondary role in this relationship. What she needed was a partner who looked the part but knew when to keep his mouth shut.”
― Nisha J. Tuli, Rule of the Aurora King

“They smell like a rose garden,”
― Nisha J. Tuli, Trial of the Sun 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

“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

“I thought you said this was done,” he replies, his intense gaze searing into me. “Fuck what I said.” “Oh, thank gods.”
― Nisha J. Tuli, Rule of the Aurora King

“It’s there, in all its decaying glory.
A story of sadness and loss. Of ego and mistakes and the consequences
of wanting too much.
A shadow of the legacy that has haunted me every single day of my life.
The Queendom of Heart.”
― Nisha J. Tuli, Rule of the Aurora King