Quotes by Cameron Dokey, The Storyteller's Daughter: A Retelling of the Arabian Nights

“For surely a king is first a man. And so it must follow that a king does as all men do: the best he can.”

“A story can fly like a bee, so straight and swift you catch only the hum of its passing. Or move so slowly it seems motionless, curled in upon itself like a snake in the sun. It can vanish like smo...”