Author of quotes: Shannon Chakraborty

Gulbahar, spring flower. And even if it was not the name that Nari chose herself, but she could not help but appreciate its significance. The promise of a new life, an awakening after a winter full of violence.

You carry the power of the prophet in your heart, the power you used to change the landscape itself and return magic to hundreds of thousands of souls around the world. And you don't consider yourself worthy of worship?
- I think any worship is tedious. I already have enough responsibilities - I still did not have enough to top it all off to expect perfection and divinity.

I bless you.

If you knew how many times I had to listen to lectures about the hysteria of women, but all the men I knew would still give us a head start.

In my experience, the most accurate judgment about character can be made when the genie does not realize that he is being evaluated.

Criminals also sometimes need God - we have something to ask for forgiveness.

In the eternal passing of this thorn baton to each other was the most offensive: that women, no matter how smart and strong they were, were always determined by the men next to whom they stood.

- As I said... you are wise.
- Or stupid. Because I have no idea how to deal with someone who is always ready to respond to violence with even more violence.

It's considered a sign of a wise leader, right? Willingness to make sacrifices for the greater good? But no one ever asks the "victims" whether they are willing to do so - they do not choose whether their children die or not in the name of some theoretical higher good.

It seems to me that dishonor and humiliation are literally the motto of our families.

We commoners are wise enough to enjoy the warmth of a fire and not be burnt in its flames.

- They are the best.

I can only say that he is dangerous. It is very dangerous. He is handsome and charming and loves so openly and generously that no one notices it. But he is in every sense the son of his father, and if the emir, with the gift of persuasion, gets what Hasan got by fear, believe me, the consequences can be no less catastrophic.

- Tendency to underestimate women. Especially commoners. Unwillingness to admit that we can be patriots, no matter how many coins we have in our hearts.