Chiththarthan Nagarajan

“If someone offers you an opportunity to get closer to your enemy, you always take it. I know that without having learned it from anyone.”
― Veronica Roth, Allegiant

“Even the truest knight cannot protect a king against himself”
― George Raymond Richard Martin

“Let us just say that the idea of struggling to make my way in a world of privileged, affluent people exhausted me before I even tried: I was the child of nothing, I had neither beauty not charm, neither past nor ambition; I had not the slightest savoir-fare or sparkle. There was only one thing I wanted: to be left alone, without too many demands upon my person, so that for a few moments each day I might be allowed to assuage my hunger.”
― Muriel Barbery, The Elegance of the Hedgehog

“His words felt like running a hand under cold water after burning it on the stove. The pain might be smoothed while the water runs, but as soon as you turn off the faucet, the throbbing continues.”
― Lara Prescott, The Secrets We Kept