Every Rising Sun Quotes

“I once thought opportunities were ever arising, but now, older, I realize how thinly the door to destiny opens, how quickly it shuts.”
― Jamila Ahmed, Every Rising Sun

“Men and women before you have been betrayed. Men and women after you will be betrayed. But to be betrayed is not to be broken. And to be broken is not be become a killer.”
― Jamila Ahmed, Every Rising Sun

“The palace did not smell as Jauhara remembered--it was mustier. The air was hotter, the hall smaller. The feeling of home sat tight on her shoulders, like a robe she had outgrown.”
― Jamila Ahmed, Every Rising Sun

“A man whose courage breaks is not faultless, but only the bravest mend their courage and return.”
― Jamila Ahmed, Every Rising Sun