Yumi Quotes

“And even if Yumi knew she was a drop in an ocean, she also knew the smallest stone rolling down a mountain could bring about an avalanche.”
― Renée Ahdieh, Yumi

“She needed to fly. To feel free, like the wind, if even for only a moment.”
― Renée Ahdieh, Yumi

“mind, bitter amusement curled in her throat. Tsuneoki’s words had found”
― Renée Ahdieh, Yumi

“But mostly she was tired of being told what to do. A rational part of her knew there was little she could achieve on her own.”
― Renée Ahdieh, Yumi

“Briefly Yumi wondered if there had ever been a moment in the late emperor’s life in which he’d regretted the events of his past. Her father had been one of his closest friends from childhood. He, the emperor, and Takeda Shingen had all fought alongside each other.”
― Renée Ahdieh, Yumi

“Today it felt like ash on her tongue.”
― Renée Ahdieh, Yumi

“The sort of laughter that should have brought with it a smile. She’d always loved the sound of a child’s joy. It was the kind that remained pure and filled with wonder.”
― Renée Ahdieh, Yumi

“Her mother had lost so much, and the stately woman’s temperament had frayed under the strain of all she’d had to endure.”
― Renée Ahdieh, Yumi

“A change in perspective can often bring about a measure of clarity.”
― Renée Ahdieh, Yumi

“She was tired of living like a sheltered bird, unable to truly soar.”
― Renée Ahdieh, Yumi

“Anger simmered behind her heart.”
― Renée Ahdieh, Yumi

“In the end—even with all her freedoms—Yumi would always be beholden to a man.”
― Renée Ahdieh, Yumi

“the painful truth: once her feet left the vaunted ground of Hanami, she was nothing more than a pretty girl, to be used and discarded at a man’s whim.”
― Renée Ahdieh, Yumi