Shambhavi Reddy

“The God of Loss.
The God of Small Things.
He left no footprints in the sand, no ripples in water, no image in mirrors.”
― Arundhati Roy, The God of Small Things

“Therefore Morgoth came, climbing slowly from his subterranean throne, and the rumour of his feet was like thunder underground. And he issued forth clad in black armour; and he stood before the King like a tower, iron-crowned, and his vast shield, sable unblazoned, cast a shadow over him like a stormcloud. But Fingolfin gleamed beneath it as a star; for his mail was overlaid with silver, and his blue shield was set with crystals; and he drew his sword Ringil, that glittered like ice.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion

“It's a hundred years since we've met - it may be another hundred before we meet again.”
― Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence

“I broke the first rule, the unwritten one, meant not just for warriors but all of us: I took love and used it as a balm to soothe my ego.”
― Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, The Palace of Illusions