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“That's what I've learned over the years. We always think someone else has it easier than us but, when you pull back the layers, you see that they are struggling too, just in their own, unique way.”
― Na'ima B. Robert, She Wore Red Trainers

“Make sure that you make the beginning of whatever you begin beautiful.”
― S.K. Ali, Love from A to Z

“Every poem in there is about you. Everything I wrote came back to you.” “My favorite flowers were always daisies.” “I'm saying that if I knew four years ago that you loved me, I would've never let you go.”
― Liana Cincotti, Picking Daisies on Sundays

“I’ll buy you flowers every day for the rest of my life if it makes you this happy.”
― Liana Cincotti, Picking Daisies on Sundays

“To be close to you was to be haunted by what I couldn’t have and to be reminded of how much I truly wanted you”
― Liana Cincotti, Picking Daisies on Sundays

“Don’t worry if the flowers pass, I’ll be right there to plant you more”
― Liana Cincotti, Picking Daisies on Sundays

“I never understood why anyone spoke poorly of the color brown, it was a dream on you.”
― Liana Cincotti

“I hated how much I had her memorized.”
― Liana Cincotti, Don't Be In Love

“No one deserves to be insulted because of their faith or because of how they choose to dress. It’s not right.”
― Sara Sharaf Beg, Salaam, with Love

“Sometimes help is tough to accept, even when we need it the most.”
― Sara Sharaf Beg, Salaam, with Love

“So many books, so little time.”
― Frank Zappa

“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
― Mae West

“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”
― Oscar Wilde

“My soul sees its equal in you.”
― Renee Ahdieh, The Wrath and the Dawn

“Some things exist in our lives for but a brief moment. And we must let them go on to light another sky.”
― Renee Ahdieh, The Wrath and the Dawn

“What are you doing to me, you plague of a girl?” he whispered.
“If I’m a plague, then you should keep your distance, unless you plan on being destroyed.” The weapons still in her grasp, she shoved against his chest.
“No.” His hands dropped to her waist. “Destroy me.”
― Renee Ahdieh, The Wrath and the Dawn

“I love you, a thousand times over. And I will never apologize for it.”
― Renee Ahdieh, The Wrath and the Dawn

“Shazi,

I prefer the color blue to any other. The scent of lilacs in your hair is a source of constant torment. I despise figs. Lastly, I will never forget, all the days of my life, the memories of last night—
For nothing, not the sun, not the rain, not even the brightest star in the darkest sky, could begin to compare to the wonder of you.

Khalid.”
― Renee Ahdieh, The Wrath and the Dawn

“You honestly expect me to breathe in a world without air?”
― Renee Ahdieh, The Wrath and the Dawn

“You have a beautiful laugh. Like the promise of tomorrow.”
― Renee Ahdieh, The Wrath and the Dawn

“So you would have me throw Shazi to the wolves?”
“Shazi?” Jalal’s grin widened. “Honestly, I pity the wolves.”
― Renee Ahdieh, The Wrath and the Dawn

“The more a person pushes others away, the clearer it becomes he is in need of love the most.”
― Renee Ahdieh, The Wrath and the Dawn

“Her conviction wavered further. “I told you; don’t try to own me.”
“I don’t want to own you.”

She swiveled her neck to meet his gaze. “Then never speak of sending me away again. I am not yours to do with as you will.”

Khalid’s features smoothed knowingly. “How right you are. You are not mine.” He dropped his palm from the door. “I am yours.”
― Renee Ahdieh, The Wrath and the Dawn

“Shahrzad,

I've failed you several times. But there was one moment I failed you beyond measure. It was the day we met. The moment I took your hand and you looked at me, with the glory of hate in your eyes. I should have sent you home to your family. But I didn't. There was honesty in your hatred. Fearlessness in your pain. In your honesty, I saw a reflection of myself. Or rather, of the man I longed to be. So I failed you. I didn't stay away. Then later, I thought if I had answers, it would be enough. I would no longer care. You would not matter. So I continued failing you. Continued wanting more. And now I can't find the words to say what must be said. To convey to you the least of what I owe. When I think of you, I can't find the air to breathe. And now, though you are gone, there is no pain or fear. All I am left with is gratitude.
When I was a boy, my mother would tell me that one of the best things in life is the knowledge that your story isn't over yet. Our story may have come to a close, but your story is still yet to be told. Make it a story worthy of you.
I failed you in one last thing. Here is my chance to rectify it. It was never because I didn't feel it. It was because I swore I would never say it, and a man is nothing if he can't keep his promises.
So I write it in the sky-
I love you, a thousand times over. And I will never apologize for it.
Khalid”
― Renee Ahdieh, The Wrath and the Dawn

“A shared history does not entitle you to a future, my friend.”
― Renee Ahdieh, The Wrath and the Dawn

“Just be sincere, work hard and Allah will take care of the rest.”
― Na'ima B. Robert, She Wore Red Trainers

“It was a girl, but not like any I had ever seen. Her black hijab and abaya were stark against the sun-drenched colours of the bleachers. A fresh breeze came and whipped her long hijab up and it swirled around her like a cloud, like a dream, like a spell.”
― Na'ima B. Robert, She Wore Red Trainers

“1. I realised how short this life is, how something you think belongs to you can be snatched away at a moment’s notice. ( Pg. 8)

2. If there’s one thing I’ve learned about life, it’s this: when you are not supposed to do something, you will find it near impossible to resist and when you have to do something, you’ll find any number of excuses to avoid doing it. ( Pg. 44)

3. I guess that is a mercy for the dead: they don’t have to watch the living falling apart as they grieve.( Pg 92)

4. someone can’t hear you doesn’t mean that they can’t understand you, that they can’t be your friend.
( Pg 95)

5. If there’s one thing I’ve learnt in my short time on earth, it is that you don’t have to look, behave or think like everyone else to achieve. Just be sincere, work hard and Allah will take care of the rest.
( Pg 112)

6. I was a boy with a Muslim name, lost in the world. ( Pg 154)”
― Na'ima B. Robert, She Wore Red Trainers

“When I was at my lowest point, your Word brought me comfort. Your Word guided me. Guide me önce more.
Guide me”
― Na'ima B. Robert, She Wore Red Trainers

“The sign of a beautiful person is that they always see beauty in others.”
― Omar Suleiman