Anuja Chandramouli > Quotes

“Not every story is about a girl who dreams of romance, waiting impatiently and dramatically for a tall, handsome, strong man to fall hopelessly in love with, in the foolish hope that he will protect her from all harm and give her the happily ever after she has always wanted.”
― Anuja Chandramouli, Yama’s Lieutenant and the Stone Witch

“though he could not have controlled the events of his birth and life which had contributed to his misery, he could and should have controlled his actions and striven for a higher standard of nobility.”
― Anuja Chandramouli, Arjuna: Saga of a Pandava Warrior-Prince

“He loves her enough not to shackle her to him with chains of attachment. Unlike others, especially you, he does not use love as an excuse to stake his claim, hold her captive to his will and then do as he pleases with her; not that he ever had a choice in the matter, of course. Most importantly, he respects her individuality and simply lets her be. Shiva is never insecure and is content to know that she will always be his better half, even when she needs solitude to follow her own whims to wherever they might lead her!”
― Anuja Chandramouli, Shakti: The Feminine Divine: The Divine Feminine

“She is the turbulent sea that runs wild with its powerful currents and he is the solid shore that waits patiently for her to return when she is ready. She is the stimuli to his senses, which savour and relish everything she has to offer. If she is the heat and light of day, he represents the coolness and dark of night. They are two halves of the same soul and when merged together, they take the form of Ardhanarishvara, and it is nigh impossible to tell where one begins and the other ends. When they are in this state, everything is as it ought to be.”
― Anuja Chandramouli, Shakti: The Feminine Divine: The Divine Feminine

“To the determined, failure is nothing but a temporary setback, which teaches you the importance of not succumbing to stupidity and letting your pride get the better of you en route to your target.”
― Anuja Chandramouli, Shakti: The Feminine Divine: The Divine Feminine

“No, you pessimistic fool, I am saying that if we can find it in ourselves to be miserable even when things are actually pretty good then there should be no difficulty being happy even when there is gloom and doom all around us.”
― Anuja Chandramouli, Yama’s Lieutenant and the Stone Witch

“Shiva and his Shakti belong to each other and they always have. He”
― Anuja Chandramouli, Shakti: The Feminine Divine: The Divine Feminine