The High Priestess Never Marries Quotes

“It is astonishing how strong you become, when you've spent a lot of time being other people's weaknesses.”
― Sharanya Manivannan, The High Priestess Never Marries

“Conchology What I want is a beloved – to be beloved – someone who knows me the way the conch knows the sea, holding me in the rush of their own blood. The lovers I have had, however many or few, knew me only in whorls and whispers. I slipped my tongue into their ears and they sipped from the shell of me. None of them heard me. None of them listened”
― Sharanya Manivannan, The High Priestess Never Marries: Stories of Love and Consequence

“How beautiful this city, or perhaps any in the world, is to a woman who knows her bed awaits her even as she lingers, barefoot in the rain at midnight.”
― Sharanya Manivannan, The High Priestess Never Marries