Jessica Khoury Quotes
Top 71 wise famous quotes and sayings by Jessica Khoury
Jessica Khoury Famous Quotes & Sayings
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Her mind drew him in, hid his image at its center, folded over him, the world slid into place, the chaos ceased.
It seemed to her that living without control of your own will was hardly a step above not living at all.
WHERE IS MY SON?" Uncle Antonio bellows, levelling the two AK-47s he's holding at the lot of us. "Get away from him, you bastards!
Love makes you weak. It distracts you from the important things. It can make you lose sight of the objective.
-Uncle Paolo
-Uncle Paolo
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.
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.
He alone can meet my eyes without disgust or fear. He alone still sees the girl inside the monster. But it is not enough.
Every glance, every touch, every whisper between us has been a pebble added to the scales, tipping me toward a new direction.
Wishes are born in the will of men and women, and it is the true and pure source of power all humans hold.
I can't let the killing go on. No more death, not because of me. This is the only way. You and I both know it. Eio.
And what do you know of love?"
"That it must be a choice."
"Oh, my naive thief. " I pause briefly to meet his gaze. "Love is rarely a choice.
"That it must be a choice."
"Oh, my naive thief. " I pause briefly to meet his gaze. "Love is rarely a choice.
I've been chased, shot, cut, beaten, and dragged a hundred leagues in the blink of an eye. I need a drink.
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.
There's just one rule, just one basic law that everyone lives under : take control or be controlled.
Use your wish," I whisper to Aladdin, opening my eyes. "Please."
"If I do," he replies softly, "I'll lose you.
"If I do," he replies softly, "I'll lose you.
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.
Everytime he looked at her she felt brighter inside, and she yearned to keep his attention, to hold his gaze.
Women! They think it so romantic to break the rules. But what are we if we don't hold to tradition, am I right?" ~Darian