Dakshayani Shankar

“I'm not sure how many men are in the market for sorceresses as wives. They might find it kind of...threatening."

My guilt immediately vanished. "Maybe I'm not in the market for someone who prefers their women weak and obedient. Maybe I don't want to be on the market in the first place.”
― Jean Menzies, The Lady of the Lake

“You're an absolutely stunning, murderous little creature.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, From Blood and Ash

“Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.”
― Neil Gaiman, Coraline

“Come home and shout at me. Come home and fight with me. Come home and break my heart, if you must.”
― Holly Black, The Queen of Nothing