Top 200 Renee Ahdieh Quotes (2024 Update)
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151. “As always. As ever. As a rose to the sun.”

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152. “Destiny was for fools. Sharzad would not wait for her life to happen. She would make it happen.”

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153. “You sent Shahrzad away with a boy I would not trust with a dying snake.”

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154. “The sound of his anguish spiraled up into a desert night, across a vast spread of tiny stars. Through Shahrzad’s very skin. Without a word, Shahrzad took his hand and led him into the desert, far beyond the enclave of tents. When she finally turned to face him, Tariq appeared to have aged a decade in a matter of moments. They stared at each other across a small sea of glittering sand. Across years of friendship and trust, seemingly lost in an instant.”

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155. “The entire time she’d watched him – waited for him to join her, even in death – her features had remained serene. A flame in the mist.”

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156. “When she wound her fingers in his hair to draw her body against his, he stilled for breath, and she knew, as he knew, that they were lost. Lost forever. In this kiss. This kiss that would change everything.”

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157. “I love you, she said. Khalid lifted his head to hers. She placed a hand against his cheek. Beyond words.”

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158. “Bravery did not come to her naturally. She spent too much time weighing her options to be brave. Too much time calculating the many paths before her. But Mariko knew it was time to do more. Time to be more. She would not die a coward.”

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159. “Before she could stop her hands, they reached for him, as though they existed for no other reason than to touch him.”

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160. “Shahrzad followed him with her eyes, aware she likely resembled a predator stalking prey.”

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161. “Loss is loss. And the lesson is always the same.”

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162. “I learned I have a great deal to learn.” Reza.”

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163. “He was stronger than she was. Of that, there was no doubt. She could not best him physically. But I’m not here to fight. I’m here to win.”

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164. “I deny being a slave to any one thing. In any situation we can choose who we are and choose who we want to be.”

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165. “I am just curious at heart, and my curious heart has quite a fondness for love stories.”

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166. “You’re better than beautiful.” Rahim took a careful breath. “You’re interesting. Never forget that.”

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167. “Shahrzad took a deep breath. “Tariq – ” “I’m not leaving without you!” He spun around and pulled her against him. “This is not your fight! It never should have been your fight!” At.”

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168. “Perhaps you should spend less time despising the game and more time building the patients necessary to win.”

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169. “But, if you ask me, the best way to go about flying is to cut the strings tying you down...”

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170. “For all his dour black and stern expressions, all the whispered rumors of trick swords and cold brutality, he did not appear worthy of genuine fear. He appeared bored with life. Bored and in need of a nap.”

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171. “Respect is not a thing granted. It is a thing earned.”

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172. “Why would you be curious as to where he found me, my lord? Are you in the market?”

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173. “From the stars, to the stars.”

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174. “I’ve always believed a man is what he does, not what others say.”

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175. “I may lie every day of my life, Hattori Mariko. But my heart will always be true.”

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176. “Being your sister is one of the best things about being me.”

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177. “Every day, I think I am going to be surprised by how remarkable you are, but I am not. Because this is what it means to be you. It means knowing.”

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178. “Before she could stop her hands, they reached for him, as though they existed for no other reason than to touch him. Her fingers brushed across his jaw with a feather’s caress before pulling away, and he closed his eyes on a soft inhale. Like the poison toying with its remedy, Shahrzad’s hands ignored her and took control, a mere taste of his skin not nearly enough. Never enough.”

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179. “Broad-shouldered, with skin of the desert and eyes of silver and ash, he was the kind of boy who turned heads and never noticed. The faint shadow of hair that darkened his jaw served only to accentuate features hewn from stone by the hand of a master sculptor.”

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180. “Perhaps the forest simply knew this was where someone like Mariko – a lost girl in search of a place to call home – could plant roots and flourish.”

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181. “But I do know anything is possible,” Despina finished softly. “So long as there is a strong will behind it.” She reached for the handle of the chamber door, resolve flowing through her veins. No. Her child would never bow to anyone. The world would fall to its knees first. Despina would make sure of it.”

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182. “I believe when you truly love someone, you want what’s best for that person.”

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183. “In her ear, he whispered, “Do better than this Shazi. My queen is without limitations. Boundless in all that she does. Show them.”

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184. “I understand how difficult it is, putting your heart in someone else’s hands. But, if you don’t, how will you ever truly know a person?”

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185. “For the wonder of a first love can never be matched.”

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186. “It is not a ridiculous question. It is a very simple one. The difficulty lies in the answer. Why do you love her?”

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187. “Our greatest enemy can often be found within.”

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188. “Murderer, monster, madman... Khalid may very well be all of those things. But he’s also loved. By me and by my father. But, most of all, by Shazi. With her, he is as fiercely loved as he loves.”

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189. “A monster did not deserve to consider the motivations of his prey.”

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190. “For this was untrammeled need; this was a body of water and a soul of ash. The.”

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191. “I believe when you truly love someone, you want what’s best for that person.” “I find that not only absurd, but arrogant, as well.”

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192. “Loving someone is to lose control.”

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193. “Everything was cold, and she chewed from habit rather than enjoyment, but she knew she would regret it later if she went to bed hungry as well as angry.”

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194. “For his children, he would move mountains.”

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195. “This boy did not take steps. He glided like a shark through the water. And like the sea, the members of the Black Clan parted around him.”

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196. “Prove that a real man doesn’t make a show of what’s his. It just is.” “Is.”

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197. “If that was to be my last meal,” Mariko murmured, “how fitting is it that it fell from my lips before I could eat it?”

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198. “You laugh very loud – as if you are the only one in the world.”

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199. “These two words from a boy who was less than nothing. These two words that gave her the will to fight off the demons: My queen.”

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200. “A girl willingly donning a crown of death. A small girl with immense courage. Immense hate. Why.”

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