Manjunath Beli

“It is not weak to avoid war,” I said, and my voice broke. Tears pricked at my eyes, and I let them. “It is the strongest thing you could do, to avoid unnecessary bloodshed.”
― Vaishnavi Patel, Kaikeyi

“wait for a man to avenge your honor, and you’ll wait forever.”
― Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, The Palace of Illusions

“Ebb and flow, ebb and flow, our lives. Is that why we're fascinated by the steadfastness of stars? The water reaches my calves. I begin the story of the Pleiades, women transformed into birds so Swift and bright that no man could snare them.”
― Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Before We Visit the Goddess

“It takes ten times as long to put yourself back together as it does to fall apart.”
― Suzanne Collins, Mockingjay