Varsha Ravi Books & Quotes

“When they had been young enough that they neither of them could reach the tops of bookshelves without stools and magic, he had told her that sometimes he felt like dreams split him from the inside out, dreams that bloomed into tales of faraway worlds. He had told her that he gave those stories to her in the hopes that one day they would grow into life, buds opening like blades and catching on the edges of reality. He had told her, quietly, so that their parents could not hear, of a world he had dreamed up—a kind world, where war was a thing of days past and life was not something they crushed in calloused hands.”

Inspirational Stories Imagination Dreams

Book:The Heartless Divine

Source: The Heartless Divine

“Kiran was dying, but he could no longer tell whether it was from the blood staining the stone red; he could no longer tell whether this death had been pulled from his body long before the knife had ever met his skin. The anger had taken that knowledge from him, had blurred the lines between gold and red. His mouth tasted of blood and ash.”

Death Dying Anger Venegeance

Book:The Heartless Divine

Source: The Heartless Divine

“I’m not afraid of you,” she said, and the words came out surprisingly steady. His eyebrows arched, slightly, in a silent question. She hesitated, reaching for the words and continued, “I know you said I should be afraid of you. Because the gods aren’t kind.” She tilted her head, and her headband unsteadied in her hair. “Can’t you be the exception?” “You misunderstood me.” His voice was low, empty; mountains carved into shells. “I’m not unkind because the gods are unkind. It is true enough that they are not kind, not a single one of them, but you must understand that I am the worst of them all.”

Kindness Gods Kiran Suri

Book:The Heartless Divine

Source: The Heartless Divine

“What were love stories but dreams of worlds where the sun and moon could linger beside one another long enough to learn the language of the other’s heart?”

Love Heart Love Quotes

Book:The Heartless Divine

Source: The Heartless Divine

“There is an old rumor that the gods reside in the stars.” She looked over at him. “Is it true?” His expression turned strained. “I wanted it to be, when I was younger. But I think I was wrong. They are here with us, in every word and every breath.”

Stars Gods Kiran Suri

Book:The Heartless Divine

Source: The Heartless Divine

“Love is dangerous, blinding,’” he quoted, voice soft against her cheeks in an empty semblance of amusement. He pulled back slightly, just enough that she could see the gentleness, the raw warmth in his gaze. The clean lack of regret. “And yet, I see you so clearly.”

Love Love Quotes Kiran Suri

Book:The Heartless Divine

Source: The Heartless Divine

“Who do gods pray to?” she asked aloud, a dream with open eyes. The line of his mouth was sharp enough to draw blood. But when he spoke, his voice was snow soft, death soft. “This is not prayer, Suri. It is atonement.”

Prayer Atonement Kiran Suri

Book:The Heartless Divine

Source: The Heartless Divine

“I want to hear all of your stories,” she said, fierce as fire. “Every single one. I don’t care whether they have happy endings or not.”

Life Stories Happy Endings Suri

Book:The Heartless Divine

Source: The Heartless Divine

“Gods are not kind. They have never been kind, and they never will be. Humanity would do well to remember that.”

Humanity Immortality Gods Kiran Suri

Book:The Heartless Divine

Source: The Heartless Divine

“And, as it is clear that no one has taken the time to inform you, the gods favor no one.” “Then what are you?” He smiled, lovely but hard. “An accident.”

Gods Kiran Suri

Book:The Heartless Divine

Source: The Heartless Divine

“In the shadowed corridor, he looked incandescent and young. All the right components of a boy slotted into all the right places, but not quite a boy. Build A Boy’s singular business failure, she thought hysterically, and then rubbed at her eyes until the smile passed.”

Humanity Kiran Suri

Book:The Heartless Divine

Source: The Heartless Divine

“The ghosts of her past never left her, save for the few moments of aching relief she had in the ring. And soon enough, the ring would be gone—the city itself would be gone, the citizens nothing but ink smudged numbers in a ledger and an addition to the accusatory voices in the back of her head.”

Past Memories Ghosts Suri

Book:The Heartless Divine

Source: The Heartless Divine

“So this is the power of a god, she had thought, a little unsteady, a little fearful. If that was him fully bound—if even a slight release in the sankhili meant he burned like the sun—then she could not fathom what he would be like once unbound. If you lock away a god’s power, she thought, do they become human?”

Humans Humanity Power Gods Kiran Suri

Book:The Heartless Divine

Source: The Heartless Divine

“But he was still human; even if the flames wrapped him in their warmth and kept him awake, he weakened as any other mortal weakened when kept from sleep. And, eventually, he grew weak enough that the darkness grew closer and closer, and the quiet of the city stole into his blood and silenced it entirely.”

Life Humanity Darkness Kiran

Book:The Heartless Divine

Source: The Heartless Divine

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