Song of the Nile Quotes

“And I reminded myself that a woman should be able to dress as she liked without a man hurting her...”
― Stephanie Dray, Song of the Nile

“Majesty, happiness and sorrow change partners in the dance of life. On the same day you’ve wept with loss, someone else has wept with joy. It can’t be wrong to feel gladness. Isn’t it a gift of Isis?”
― Stephanie Dray, Song of the Nile

“Though his expression was guarded, his answer sounded raw and vulnerable. “You were well named, Selene, after the moon. Though we know you only in darkness, like the tides, we’re all swayed by your pull, wanting nothing more than to shine in your mysterious light . . .” He looked away. Embarrassed. “There. I’ve finally become a poet for you, though not a very good one.” The man I’d married had no parents, no siblings to share his pains, no faith to give him strength. He’d adapted and survived on his own. Even now, stinking of wine, he was still changing. Like green shoots of wheat before it grows tall, he was a man still growing, still filled with promise.”
― Stephanie Dray, Song of the Nile

“You are the magic in my soul. You are as constant in my heart as the moon in the night. You are my other half and I'll always seek you out somehow, even though it puts you in danger, and that is my shame.”
― Stephanie Dray, Song of the Nile

“This was, I thought, why love was so dangerous. I searched for the right words, when a certain warmth stole over me at the realization that her happiness was more important than fear. Even if she left me...”
― Stephanie Dray, Song of the Nile

“Like the sun and the moon, we were always meant to be in the same sky.”
― Stephanie Dray, Song of the Nile