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The Last Queen Quotes
And remember this: whenever possible, don’t fight openly with your enemy. Let them think they’ve won—and then strike when least expected.
Fame: it’s a drug more potent than opium
love something—or someone—so much that you would willingly sacrifice yourself. I want to be brave like that.
I may be injured; I may even be wounded to the heart; but I’m not defeated yet.
People revered his father as the Lion of Punjab, but his mother is the one they should have called Lioness.
Perhaps we are always alone, from the time we leave the safety of our mothers’ wombs until the time Waheguru gathers us to Himself.
I've done nothing wrong - nothing except follow my heart. But the world is cruel to women who love.
A wise person allows herself to be used when it suits her purpose. She pretends weakness, then waits for the right moment to take control.
If Jindan wants something badly enough, she can make it happen. She believes this completely.
When one has to leave behind almost everything, it hardly matters what one takes.
This is how Waheguru takes a storm sometimes and turns it into a rainbow.
The maharaja, though not particularly handsome himself, likes having good-looking men around him. I admire the confidence that enables him to do that.
I’m grateful that we are safe. But it occurs to me that being safe is not very different from being imprisoned.
Fame: it’s a drug more potent than opium.
This is the tragedy of Hindustan: our disunity. Our enemies have used it against us over and over.