Top 70 Jessica Khoury Quotes (2025 Update)

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

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2. “Time is strongest the magic.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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15. “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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16. “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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17. “She was a blank, a wordless being. She was a hole in the universe.”

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18. “There’s just one rule, just one basic law that everyone lives under : take control or be controlled.”

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19. “Find me, my thief.”

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20. “Beauty and death, so closely knit together. This seems to be the central theme of my life.”

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21. “He alone can meet my eyes without disgust or fear. He alone still sees the girl inside the monster. But it is not enough.”

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

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23. “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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24. “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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25. “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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26. “The noblest life is the one laid down for another.”

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27. “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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28. “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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29. “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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30. “I am the weed cast out of the rose garden. I am the crow chased out of the dovecote.”

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

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32. “But my heart is a treacherous star, refusing to dim when the sun rises.”

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33. “You insist you’re a monster because you’re afraid of being human.”

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34. “Unable to go forward, afraid to go back.”

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35. “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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36. “He is nothing. I tell myself this, so that I will not hope for him. I am not allowed to hope. I am a forbidden wish of my own.”

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

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38. “For the last few centuries, these jeweled fruits have been my constant and sole companions. The greatest treasure in all the world, as comfortless as light to the blind.”

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

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

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42. “Your mother has the mind of a genius and the eyes of a child. You won’t find better than that.”

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

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44. “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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45. “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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46. “A chicken doesn’t fly like other birds, but it is still a bird.”

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

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

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49. “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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50. “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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