The Tapestry of Fate Quotes

“For there are indeed a great many capable, cunning women that the world would prefer to remember as witches.”
― Shannon Chakraborty, The Tapestry of Fate

“Notions of spinning and weaving are entangled with magic in a great number of tales; it is an unparalleled metaphor for fate.”
― Shannon Chakraborty, The Tapestry of Fate

“God I hated getting older. Waking up from a nap should not cause this much agony.”
― Shannon Chakraborty, The Tapestry of Fate

“But water is older even than you. It is everywhere: in the rain that falls upon your homes, the waste that runs down the gutter, your baths, your drink, the fog that hangs in the morning damp. It watches you. It waits. And it forgets nothing.”
― Shannon Chakraborty, The Tapestry of Fate

“it was not a good place for me to do business when I had a whole slew of ex-husbands, double-crossed business partners, and smuggling rivals who’d be happy to see me hang.”
― Shannon Chakraborty, The Tapestry of Fate

“I’m pragmatic enough to know that faith isn’t always the primary motive. As Dalila would remind me, religion is a mark of power, admittance to a shared language and culture; something entire families, castes, or villages might choose to seize a better life, the decision of a savvy trader as much as a devoted one.”
― Shannon Chakraborty, The Tapestry of Fate

“Regardless . . . Raksh is not the immediate problem.” “Ah, yes, the delightful task of stealing the most dangerous object I’ve ever heard of from an immortal sorceress.” I glared at her. “You did insist upon taking part in these quests.”
― Shannon Chakraborty, The Tapestry of Fate

“There are great many things one can credit criminals with, but the one thesur that truly distinguishes the middling from the successful is simple: discretion.”
― Shannon Chakraborty, The Tapestry of Fate

“I believe God understands the failings of the believers He created more than those who preach His words,”
― Shannon Chakraborty, The Tapestry of Fate