Top 70 Jessica Khoury Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “The price of every lie is that the truth will always come out.”

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2. “Hope is born in darkness. Peace is born in trust.”

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3. “Time is strongest the magic.”

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4. “We are adrift on a sea of moonlight sand, the silence as infinite as the space between the stars.”

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5. “We mourn what has been lost, and tomorrow, we rise.”

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6. “You’re beautiful and wild and kind, and I can’t stop thinking about you.” A sunny, foolish smile breaks across his face. “It’s wrong and stupid and wonderful, Zahra. I didn’t mean for it to happen, but here I am. I love you.”

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7. “She said, ‘People are like stars, but it’s stories that turn us into constellations. If we don’t tell our stories, we burn alone in the dark.”

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8. “All I wanted was peace between our peoples. But I see now that this is not possible, for my people are ruled by a dreamer, and the jinn are rules by a monster.”

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9. “Well, that’s the thing, isn’t it? Everyone always blames the monster – but no one ever blames the one who created it. Isn’t that right?” He sneered at Moira’s limp form. “Tell me, who is the monster? The creation or the creator? It has to start somewhere.”

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10. “Love is a path lined with roses.” I say bitterly. “But it leads to a cliff’s edge and all who follow it tumble to their doom. You will not find your happiness there.”

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11. “The universe sings a deep, eternal song, sound in waves, in deep sighs, in whispers, in swirling chords and rising, falling tones. The music of the worlds, weaving in a pattern that is both chaos and order, both beauty and terror, without beginning, without end.”

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12. “She was a blank, a wordless being. She was a hole in the universe.”

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13. “Everytime he looked at her she felt brighter inside, and she yearned to keep his attention, to hold his gaze.”

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14. “There is no brightness without darkness. There is no body without its shadow.”

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15. “Remember, Pia,” he whispers. “Perfect is as perfect does.”

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16. “Because happiness itself is a mythical construct, a dream you humans tell yourselves to get through each day. It is the moon, and you, like the sun, pursue it relentlessly, chasing it around and around, getting nowhere.”

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17. “Wishes have a way of twisting themselves, and there is nothing more dangerous than getting your heart’s desire. The question is, are you willing to gamble? How much are you willing to lose? What are you willing to risk everything for?”

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18. “Keep your eye on the goal, not the steps you must take to reach it. The goal is everything. The steps are nothing. No matter how difficult the journey is, the goal is always worth it.”

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19. “Find me, my thief.”

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20. “May you carry the weight of this betrayal to your grave.”

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21. “If it’s a monster they want, then a monster they shall have.”

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22. “When the world treats you like a criminal, what else can you be?”

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23. “As the poets say, stories are truth told through lies.”

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24. “Wishes are born in the will of men and women, and it is the true and pure source of power all humans hold.”

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25. “It’s time for both of us to be free.”

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26. “Even a thief may have honor, and even a jinni may have a heart.”

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27. “And what does he want?” I turn and face the serving girl. “The same thing we all want. He just won’t admit it.” I see longing in her eyes, and also anger, when she looks at Aladdin. “Freedom from the past.” I.”

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28. “So this is what it feels like to have all your wishes come true.”

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29. “To have thought that, with the right tests and the right lectures, I could be made into a cold-blooded, heartless killer. To have thought that I could ignore the beating of my own heart long enough to stop the beating of another’s.”

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30. “The things that were once sweet to me are now bitter. The sun is not half so bright. The stars seem dimmer. All this wealth and luxury feels meaningless. All the world is in your shadow, Zahra. I cannot help but see you when I close my eyes.”

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31. “A chicken doesn’t fly like other birds, but it is still a bird.”

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32. “Less a point on a map and more a region of the soul, but it is a path I can follow.”

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33. “Not all battles can be fought in the light.”

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34. “And we remember that there must be a balance. No birth without death. No life without tears. What is taken from the world must be given back, and from him who takes and does not give back, who would tip the balance of the river, from him all will be taken. No one should live forever, but should give his blood to the river when the time comes so that tomorrow another may live. And so it goes.”

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35. “All the world is in your shadow, Zahra.”

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36. “He is the sun, and I am the moon. We must stay apart or the world will be thrown out of balance.”

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37. “I’ve been chased, shot, cut, beaten, and dragged a hundred leagues in the blink of an eye. I need a drink.”

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38. “It’s too hot out here. Let’s go inside. I’ll teach you how to properly enter a room based on who is already there, and whether they are sitting, standing, or eating.” Aladdin groans. “I’m sick of playing prince. Let’s pick pockets.”

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39. “My imagination is the most powerful muscle I possess.”

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40. “There is only one thing more numerous than the stars,” I say, looking up to the heavens. “And that is the darkness that holds them.”

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41. “The will of this boy thief flows in golden streams. It is the thread with which I weave, the colors with which I paint, the element with which I create.”

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42. “Smoky, if there’s one thing I am, it’s adaptable.”

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43. “The noblest life is the one laid down for another.”

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44. “I pour upward through the long dark tunnel of the spout. I am a funnel of smoke, a whirlwind of fire. I open myself and multiply, swelling into a great cloud over the boy’s head. I press a thousand smoky hands against the stone ceiling of the cave. I roll a thousand fiery eyes and stretch a thousand glittering legs. I unfold and unfold and unfold. How good it feels to be out! I crackle with energy and excitement, my blood lightning and my breath thunder.”

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45. “Now, when I look into his eyes, I don’t see death – but eternity. For the first time in my life, I am looking into someone’s gaze and realizing that not only do I understand what’s in his eyes... he understands what’s in mine.”

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46. “I don’t trust you,” she whispered, her gaze caught in his as if hypnotized. He was close enough to kiss. He could dominate a room and make her head spin, and his sudden vulnerability confused her. I barely know this boy. She had to remind herself of that when he ran his fingers down her arms, leaving goose bumps in his wake.”

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47. “I should have known better than to open myself to such inevitable pain. When did I forget to stay aloof and unattached? When did I let my armor soften, leaving me vulnerable? This is what I get for playing human. The.”

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48. “We were too greedy, grasping for immortality too soon. Perhaps if we had only been patient, content to wait, we would all have forever in the end.”

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49. “If you’re not free to love, your’re not free at all.”

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50. “I know plenty of dances. My favorite is called Not Getting Your Legs Broken for Stealing Figs from That Baker on Pearl Lane.” “That’s sure to charm the princess right into a wedding pact.”

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