Broken Cloud Quotes

“He was a dying king of the universe and she was the witch inside whose mouth was the last drop of elixir available in the universe. Yes, either that or nothing else could explain the fierce manner in which he attacked her lips”
― Ray Anyasi, Broken Cloud: the first sunrise

“Not so long afterwards it was broad day light in Iluji for the first time ever.”
― Ray Anyasi, Broken Cloud: the first sunrise

“Sarie is such a comely girl," he said to them, "even the evil spirits will be heartbroken to see her hurt."- King Chuka”
― Ray Anyasi, Broken Cloud: the first sunrise

“Father, you are asking me to sacrifice the only girl I love so you can openly have the woman you love.”
― Ray Anyasi, Broken Cloud: the first sunrise

“Please help me explain to the people that I have not yet learned how to be a heartless murderer and a sweet prince at the same time."- Prince Ikan”
― Ray Anyasi, Broken Cloud: the first sunrise

“That mad and oppressive demon that had possessed him from the instant he set his eyes on her by the banks of the King's Flow kept whispering to him his heart will freeze if he stayed away from her for up to a work period.”
― Ray Anyasi, Broken Cloud: the first sunrise

“To do what you want is not a privilege. It is a curse. It is the curse of ordinary men. Men with no responsibilities do whatever they want. Common men with no value and self worth do whatever they want. Men whose lives have no worthy purpose are free to do whatever they want. Not you. You are a prince for whom a heavy crown and a powerful throne await. You do not do whatever you want; you do what must be done."- King Chuka”
― Ray Anyasi, Broken Cloud: the first sunrise

“I am a secret. That is all I will ever be. Everyone in this kingdom is asking the question of the reason behind your delay in taking a wife and that is dangerous for me." - Sari”
― Ray Anyasi, Broken Cloud: the first sunrise

“When you are the answer that must remain hidden, then you have everything to be worried about when so much people are asking the same question.” - Sari”
― Ray Anyasi, Broken Cloud: the first sunrise

“Folly is the only soup cooked by a multitude of counselors.”
― Ray Anyasi, Broken Cloud: the first sunrise

“My king, I do not know all things but I do know that we mortals cannot orchestrate for the gods what they have agreed to accomplish.”
― Ray Anyasi, Broken Cloud: the first sunrise

“Mother, I share your concern, but I do not know how to be afraid of what I cannot change."- Sari”
― Ray Anyasi, Broken Cloud: the first sunrise

“anywhere outside the normal is never a safe place to be.”
― Ray Anyasi, Broken Cloud: the first sunrise

“We have accepted it as our unique problem and the fate of our kingdom and have found ways to live on without the sun. We all can be happy if we choose to be."- Sari”
― Ray Anyasi, Broken Cloud: the first sunrise

“If I say you are not free to associate with me, it also means I too am not free to associate with you. I might call you the slave but not less bound by the slavery I have created."- Prince Ikan”
― Ray Anyasi, Broken Cloud: the first sunrise

“In the kingdom of Iluji, a taboo was only a taboo when it has a non-participating witness. And in this land blanketed with darkness, secret was the code of every deed and the darkness was the only constant observing angel.”
― Ray Anyasi, Broken Cloud: the first sunrise

“Ottes die for anything, but while I was in there," she nodded at the gently flowing river, "I felt for a brief moment what freedom might taste like.”- Sari”
― Ray Anyasi, Broken Cloud: the first sunrise

“Ottes have been hung just for fetching with a dirty pot. None has been hung for swimming because none had been that stupid.”- Sari”
― Ray Anyasi, Broken Cloud: the first sunrise