Handmaiden Quotes

“Especially because you have the most important quality of a sultana, at least in my mind."
"And what is that?" Jasmine asked, mentally running through the key words from her coronation vows. Noble descent, innate worth, wisdom, justice.
"Your kindness," Nadia answered. "The fact that you don't look down on anyone. I know of no other princess or noble lady who would treat a handmaiden as a close friend, or choose a man of Aladdin's background as a future husband. You see beyond rank, and I know that will make you a beloved sultana." She smiled. "Sultana of the people's hearts.”
― Alexandra Monir, Realm of Wonders

“Chain the worms, not wombs.”
― Abhijit Naskar, World War Human: 100 New Earthling Sonnets