Rania Hanna > Quotes

“As many stars as there are in the sky, that is how many breaths I will love you for.”
― Rania Hanna, The Jinn Daughter

“I have wishes, too,” I whisper. “But they never come true.”
― Rania Hanna, The Jinn Daughter

“A woman stands with scissors in her hands, clipping at plants and branches. I notice pockmarked areas of her skin, as if small fruit, like berries, were plucked right from her flesh.”
― Rania Hanna, The Jinn Daughter

“I hate lying to my daughter’s face, but her questions have plagued me for years.”
― Rania Hanna, The Jinn Daughter

“The dead have been dropping all night.”
― Rania Hanna, The Jinn Daughter

“I am angry, yes. I hate him, yes. But anger and hate consume the one who carries them, not the one they’re meant for. Remember that, Layl, and carry it to your grave.”
― Rania Hanna, The Jinn Daughter

“Youth and foolishness share the same bed.”
― Rania Hanna, The Jinn Daughter

“All will be well, all will be right in the end.”
― Rania Hanna, The Jinn Daughter

“This is worse than trouble; this is danger.

And so is the wolf.”
― Rania Hanna, The Jinn Daughter

“A life not lived in splendor is not a life lived...”
― Rania Hanna, The Jinn Daughter

“Her eyes flick up to mine, rimmed in red. “It’s not fair.
Entire families slaughtered in their beds, in their homes, even their palaces, or imprisoned. And I was resurrected because my mother is Hakawati.”

“That is life, Layl. The lucky and the unlucky walk the earth just the same.”
― Rania Hanna, The Jinn Daughter

“And people in pain either grow bigger hearts to bring more love in to replace the pain, or their hearts shrink to protect them- selves from more pain.”
― Rania Hanna, The Jinn Daughter

“A girl will give you future heirs, but the boy is the heir.

Their worth is not the same.”
― Rania Hanna, The Jinn Daughter

“He laughs, the sound gravelly but warm, like honey mixed with sand. I want to hold him like he used to hold me, when he was alive. But bodies move and fit differently in death, less flesh and more ash”
― Rania Hanna, The Jinn Daughter

“Her voice is warbling and hoarse, but she speaks with the conviction a dervish has of his dance.”
― Rania Hanna, The Jinn Daughter

“Facts aren’t a threat, Hakawati, not unless you treat them that way. And the fact is, Layala would have been dead years now if it weren’t for me. She should have stayed dead all those years ago. You bought her time, yes, but bought time runs out.”
― Rania Hanna, The Jinn Daughter