Jajwalya Karajgikar

“What if she's all I give you in this life of ours, my love?" she asked quietly.
"Then I'll shout at the goddess in fury," he said fiercely. "I'll beg to know why I've been given so much when other men have so little.”
― Melina Marchetta, Quintana of Charyn

“Why are you smiling?' Gargarin asked Froi, from across the balconette. 'When you're going to have to learn a lesson in diplomacy today and choose between the gardens of two women?'

Froi laughed, his chin resting on Quintana's head, his eyes taking in the joy of his son, despite the ridiculous cap that covered the babe's head. He looked across at Lirah and Arjuro and Rafuel, and then back to Gargarin who was smiling himself, because he knew the answer to his own question.

'Because today, I think I'm leaning on the side of wonder.”
― Melina Marchetta, Quintana of Charyn

“Oh, the way that word is thrown around!” she said. “Everything is evil that humans can’t control or conquer.”
― Melina Marchetta, Finnikin of the Rock

“If I become king, do I have to ask your guards and your ladies permission each time I want to touch you in my marriage bed?"

Her eyes blazed. "When you become my king, Finnikin, you can touch me whenever you want. Wherever you want.”
― Melina Marchetta, Finnikin of the Rock