Sisters of the Snake Quotes

“You can be more than what the stars wish for. More than you ever dreamed.”
― Sasha Nanua, Sisters of the Snake

“They expect us to die, but the best revenge is to live.”
― Sasha Nanua, Sisters of the Snake

“That's what stories do. They teach us to remember, and to overcome.”
― Sarena Nanua, Sisters of the Snake

“It seems the world has split into two: rebels and royals. A line has been drawn in the sand, but I am not sure which side I belong to anymore.”
― Sarena Nanua, Sisters of the Snake

“Our parents never loved me. They gave me up because of a stupid prophecy. And for what? For my safety?” If my blood was cold before, it has turned into ice.”
― Sasha Nanua, Sisters of the Snake

“But I used to read about other things, too. Books about faraway worlds and fantasies, something I could ... escape into.”
― Sasha Nanua, Sisters of the Snake

“It's miraculous. Rows upon rows of shelves hold books and journals. A musty scent perfumes the air, one that could only belong to the smell of old parchment. The library.”
― Sasha Nanua, Sisters of the Snake

“She doesn’t need to say more, because she’s right. We can be more than the fountain’s foretelling. We can change our fortunes—our future is ours to choose, and ours to dream.”
― Sasha Nanua, Sisters of the Snake

“I’ve always called myself the girl from nowhere, the girl who passed through Abai’s poorest villages just to survive. But now I have to act like a princess. For real this time.”
― Sasha Nanua, Sisters of the Snake

“I think of everything Amara did. Erasing the memory of me from my parents’ minds. Using the cuffs to manipulate the raja. This whole time, I’d thought the raja and queen had pretended to forget about me. That I’d been beneath their attention, as if I’d never existed in the first place. My history, all of it, gone.”
― Sasha Nanua, Sisters of the Snake

“Their spirits are not truly gone. It is still possible to communicate with the Masters. The royals . . . they have wanted us to believe one thing, and one thing only: that they are the sole possessors of magic. They are wrong.”
― Sasha Nanua, Sisters of the Snake

“shiver at the intensity in his eyes, and the small quirk of his lips that suggests cunning. Despite myself, I recognize the expression—I’ve seen it on my face. On Ria’s.”
― Sasha Nanua, Sisters of the Snake

“We are sisters. We are branches from one tree, and though we’ve grown in opposing directions, we will always share the same roots.”
― Sasha Nanua, Sisters of the Snake

“Too suddenly, I remember the scar on Amir’s face. The one running down my leg. We’re all victims of what the raja’s made this kingdom to be.”
― Sasha Nanua, Sisters of the Snake

“This ceremony is the very reason Amir and I came to the palace. We wanted to escape this. I never wanted to be a part of it. And now here I am.”
― Sasha Nanua, Sisters of the Snake

“But if that’s the case, why does Amara have the enemy kingdom’s crest on her jewelry? And why does she wear it so freely around the raja?”
― Sasha Nanua, Sisters of the Snake

“He speaks to me without pretense. Is this the Ruthless Raja? The bloodthirsty king Amir and I have always feared?”
― Sasha Nanua, Sisters of the Snake

“Where is Rani when I need her? When all I want to do is spill my real feelings to her? Saeed, Amara, Aditi, this whole mess . . . Is that what sisters do—chat, give each other advice? I never knew I wanted that so much.”
― Sasha Nanua, Sisters of the Snake

“Saeed’s right. As a royal, my father isn’t supposed to be forcing commoners into the war. He’s supposed to be helping them. And as princess of this kingdom, I won’t stand for this.”
― Sasha Nanua, Sisters of the Snake

“You want to go after it?” Amir peers at her quizzically. “My parents died on this quest! Your husband died! How will this time be any different”
― Sasha Nanua, Sisters of the Snake

“But magic, Jas taught me, is like an elixir. If we drink too much, we’re drunk on it. Our minds aren’t as clear as they might be otherwise.”
― Sasha Nanua, Sisters of the Snake

“Shame burns my cheeks. How could I have never known that magic has ripped my kingdom of its resources? Cost my people their lives, their comfort? If tidesweepers still existed, water would not have to be such a limited resource.”
― Sasha Nanua, Sisters of the Snake

“You know, I bet that the raja is the real killer, not just the snakes. He probably lures his prey into the palace’s Snake Pit and kills his victims with his own fangs.”
― Sasha Nanua, Sisters of the Snake

“No wonder Rani hadn’t mentioned her to me. Her mother-in-law and the king’s adviser? Amara’s very existence is nothing more than a recipe for torture.”
― Sasha Nanua, Sisters of the Snake

“didn’t realize you felt so strongly about this topic, Rani. I thought you to be a self-serving princess all these years.”
― Sasha Nanua, Sisters of the Snake

“Mother married into this life. She shall never know what magic tastes like: the coppery tang that hits the back of my cheeks, the iron-salt aftertaste”
― Sasha Nanua, Sisters of the Snake

“know war is on the way, can taste it like salt on a sea breeze.”
― Sasha Nanua, Sisters of the Snake

“Ornate jalis, latticed screens that filter out the hot Abai air. Domed ceilings painted with sweet flower blossoms that belong nowhere near a raja like my father.”
― Sasha Nanua, Sisters of the Snake

“But she only has me, and so far, I’m more disappointment than daughter.”
― Sasha Nanua, Sisters of the Snake

“Inside, a merciless raja, calling for executions like one might order a meal.”
― Sasha Nanua, Sisters of the Snake