The Palace of Illusions

though I knew all that she taught me was important, in my vanity I only learned the ones that flattered my ego.

Wisdom that isn’t distilled in our own crucible can’t help us.

Sahadev wondered if Duryodhan hadn’t used

Your childhood hunger is the one that never leaves you.

He didn’t know how much I cared about all the wrong things.

To see a loved one in pain is more wrenching than to bear that pain yourself.

“A problem becomes a problem only if you believe it to be so. And often others see you as you see yourself.”

She was the only consort that dared accompany the

skirmishes