The Twentieth Wife Quotes

“No, no, don’t touch your mother just before the baby is born. Now it will be a girl child, because you are one. Run along now. Take your evil eye with you.”

“Ghias, we must be careful not to teach the girls too much. How will they ever find husbands if they are too learned? The less they know, the less they will want of the outside world.”
― Indu Sundaresan, The Twentieth Wife

“This great Mughal Emperor [Akbar] was illiterate; he could neither read nor write. However, that had not stopped Akbar from cultivating the acquaintance of the most learned and cultured poets, authors, musicians, and architects of the time - relying solely on his remarkable memory during conversations with them.”
― Indu Sundaresan, The Twentieth Wife

“Una vez lanzada una acusación, por muy infundada que sea, la duda empieza a teñir la mente de quien la escucha.”
― Indu Sundaresan, The Twentieth Wife

“Emperor would need a wife who was a companion, one with whom he could converse knowledgeably, one who would excite not only his passions, but also his mind.”
― Indu Sundaresan, The Twentieth Wife

“If one did not know how to follow orders, one would not know how to give them.”
― Indu Sundaresan, The Twentieth Wife

“front courtyard of his house. In an inner courtyard,”
― Indu Sundaresan, The Twentieth Wife