Dance of Shadows Quotes

“Inevitability is often the mother of surrender but with the right dosage of circumstances and will, can be the step-mother of defiance.”
― Gourav Mohanty, Dance of Shadows

“Old Ella crinkled her nose, which is the closest she came to a groan. ‘Very well. Then the answer is yes. Of all the curves in the body, the cleavage is the coyest, holding promises of great adventure, a valley immune even to the siege of sweat; on the contrary, it amplifies it. A cleavage tempts but never seduces, a cleavage distracts but never demands, a cleavage is the poisonous dart of body parts, holding within it the power of gravity.’

‘You speak as if from a book written by a man but…I won’t deny it. There is something very wrong and very seductive in that thought.’

‘Precisely. Morality is the refuge of those blessed with an ordinary life.’

‘And not of an outlaw princess attempting to wrangle out a treasure from a Rakshasa Prince.”
― Gourav Mohanty, Dance of Shadows

“Resentment festers in a place where the unfortunate, the illiterate are forced to ogle at the wonderful lives of the other side. But this is what the Unni Ehtral desired. To garden a place where these unfortunates simmer in hate, and the fortunate marinate in fear.”
― Gourav Mohanty, Dance of Shadows

“He was an outsider in this world. He might know their language but he wished he had their accent.”
― Gourav Mohanty, Dance of Shadows