The Secret Keeper of Jaipur (The Jaipur Trilogy, #2)

by Alka Joshi

If you want the rose, you must put up with the thorn.

Be humble for you are made of earth Be noble for you are made of stars.

To me, henna is a way for a woman to find a piece of herself she might have mislaid.

There’s more power in keeping a secret than in betraying it.”

But I have not forgotten how she looked at me that afternoon. I didn’t need to know her, or anything about her, or her family, or what she must have thought of me—however worthy, or unworthy. It was enough to witness the expression on her face.

Books contain magic, they say. If we so much as stepped on a book or on a piece of paper, we were punished.

There are so many secrets in our world, aren’t there? Ones we keep, ones we reveal, but only at the right moments.

You don’t need a mirror to see the wound on your palm.”

“The ideal outcome is always the preservation of integrity. It’s painful when the consequence of the outcome is so severe. I understand that the Royal Jewel Cinema will have to be completely rebuilt. But it will stand as a reminder to thousands of people who cross its threshold that the right thing is worth doing.”