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121 " In my life, the one thing I have learned above all is that no individual can reach the height of their potential without the love of others. We are not meant to be alone, Shahrzad. The more a person pushes others away, the clearer it becomes he is in need of love the most. "
― Renée Ahdieh , The Wrath and the Dawn (The Wrath and the Dawn, #1)
122 " Khalid had to answer for such vile deeds. Such rampant death. Even if he was her air. Even if she loved him beyond words. "
123 " I am just curious at heart, and my curious heart has quite a fondness for love stories. "
124 " Is it so arrogant to want something that doesn't change with the wind? That doesn't crumble at the first sign of adversity?""You want something that doesn't exist. A figment of your imagination.""No. I want someone who sees beneath the surface--someone who completes the balance. An equal. "
125 " So that she could be by his side, make him smile as she laughed, weave tales by lamplight, and share secrets in the dark. So that she could fall asleep in his arms and awaken to a brilliant tomorrow. "
126 " Do better than this, Shazi. My queen is without limitations. Boundless in all that she does. Show them.” Her pulse raced "
127 " All our lives are forfeit, sayyidi. It is just a question of when. And I would like one more day. "
128 " If you would, give him the love that will enable him to see it for himself. To a lost soul, such a treasure is worth its weight in gold. Worth its weight in dreams. "
129 " I do not have to lose my wife to understand the meaning of loss, Tariq. A child with a broken toy understands such things.""Are you likening my suffering to that of a child?""Loss is loss. And the lesson is always the same. "
130 " But even the moment when the leaves fall from their boughs—even that moment—has a beauty to it. A glory of its own. "
131 " He was tall and trim, with the build of a young man proficient in warfare. His dark hair was straight and styled in a manner suggesting a desire for order in all things. As she strode onto the dais, she looked up at him, refusing to balk, even in the face of her king. His thick eyebrows raised a fraction. They framed eyes so pale a shade of brown they appeared amber in certain flashes of light, like those of a tiger. His profile was an artist’s study in angles, and he remained motionless as he returned her watchful scrutiny. "
132 " Is that kind of disrespect . . . normal?” Shahrzad lifted a shoulder. “It’s not normal. But it’s not unexpected. It’s the curse of being a woman,” she joked in a morose manner. “It’s obscene. He deserves to be flogged. "
133 " So I write it to the sky— I love you, a thousand times over. And I will never apologize for it. Khalid "
134 " But I do know I can’t remember the last time I wanted something so much,” he finished in a quiet voice. "
135 " I wish I possessed your particular brand of optimism," Rahim grumbled."And what brand would that be?""Idiotic.""Better idiotic than ineffectual.""Better alive than dead.""Run home, Rahim-jan," Tariq said. "I can hear your mother calling.""Insufferable ass. "
136 " It is not a ridiculous question. It is a very simple one. The difficulty lies in the answer. Why do you love her? "
137 " I won’t ask for forgiveness, but I am so very sorry,” he said, with the simple brevity she was learning to expect. She pressed her lips into his soft, dark hair. “I know.” He "
138 " Daughter of a whore,” he muttered. Khalid froze, his knuckles turning a perilous shade of white. Shahrzad grabbed his arm and dragged him away. She could see the muscles ticking along his jaw. “You know, you have quite a temper,” she remarked after they had cleared some distance. He said nothing. “Khalid?” “Is that kind of disrespect . . . normal?” Shahrzad lifted a shoulder. “It’s not normal. But it’s not unexpected. It’s the curse of being a woman,” she joked in a morose manner. “It’s obscene. He deserves to be flogged. "
139 " „When you meet the one who makes you smile as you’ve never smiled before, cry as you have never cried before… there is nothing to do but to fall. "
140 " For love, people consider the unthinkable . . . and often achieve the impossible. I would not sneer at its power.” The "