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unguents
placate.
chastised
words
wasted energy. I would use my strength instead to nurture my belief that my life would unfurl uniquely.
cantankerous
jocularity
Three dangerous moments will come to you. The first will be just before your wedding: at that time, hold back your question. The second will be when your husbands are at the height of their power: at that time, hold back your laughter. The third will be when you’re shamed as you’d never imagined possible: at that time, hold back your curse. Maybe it will mitigate the catastrophes to come.”
aslant,
adversary.
“The river holds many memories. She offers to you the ones you most long to know. But she’s tricky like her currents. Sometimes she shows you what you wish to see, and not the actual truth.”
reconnoitering,
When he asked me to braid his hair, I couldn’t stop my tears. He was going to be Princess Uttara’s dance tutor. He, too, would live in
