Anandi Bhattacharya

“She was burning, Reid. I don't know how, but she took away that witch's pain. She gave it to herself.” He exhaled heavily. “That's why I didn't tell you. Because even though I knew Lou was a witch, I knew she wasn't evil. She burned at the stake once. She doesn't deserve to do it twice.”
― Shelby Mahurin, Serpent & Dove

“Death couldn't take him away from me. He was me. Our souls were bound.”
― Shelby Mahurin, Serpent & Dove

“Perhaps we are always alone, from the time we leave the safety of our mothers’ wombs until the time Waheguru gathers us to Himself.”
― Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, The Last Queen

“I may be injured; I may even be wounded to the heart; but I’m not defeated yet.”
― Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, The Last Queen