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“If you're not free to love, your're not free at all.”
― Jessica Khoury, The Forbidden Wish

“You insist you're a monster because you're afraid of being human.”
― Jessica Khoury, The Forbidden Wish

“But my heart is a treacherous star, refusing to dim when the sun rises”
― Jessica Khoury, The Forbidden Wish

“If it's a monster they want, then a monster they shall have.”
― Jessica Khoury, The Forbidden Wish

“I've been chased, shot, cut, beaten, and dragged a hundred leagues in the blink of an eye. I need a drink.”
― Jessica Khoury, The Forbidden Wish

“We mourn what has been lost, and tomorrow, we rise.”
― Jessica Khoury, The Forbidden Wish

“May you carry the weight of this betrayal to your grave.”
― Jessica Khoury, The Forbidden Wish

“You've ruled before, so tell me, does it get easier?"
"No, but you get stronger.”
― Jessica Khoury, The Forbidden Wish

“I am the weed cast out of the rose garden. I am the crow chased out of the dovecote.”
― Jessica Khoury, The Forbidden Wish

“You can't choose what happens to you, but you can choose who you become because of it.”
― Jessica Khoury, The Forbidden Wish

“You loved before, and she was taken from you. Ever since, you've been afraid to love again. You insist you're a monster because you're afraid of being human.”
― Jessica Khoury, The Forbidden Wish

“Even a thief may have honor, and even a jinni may have a heart.”
― Jessica Khoury, The Forbidden Wish

“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.”
― Jessica Khoury, The Forbidden Wish

“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.”
― Jessica Khoury, The Forbidden Wish

“Because happiness itself is a mythical construct, a dream you humans tell yourselves to get through each day. It is the moon, and you, like the sun, pursue it relentlessly, chasing it around and around, getting nowhere.”
― Jessica Khoury, The Forbidden Wish

“The price of every lie is that the truth will always come out.”
― Jessica Khoury, The Forbidden Wish

“Love makes you weak. It distracts you from the important things. It can make you lose sight of the objective.
-Uncle Paolo”
― Jessica Khoury, Origin

“Cruelty, I understand. But kindness frightens me, for my defenses are weak against it. ~Zahra”
― Jessica Khoury, The Forbidden Wish

“He lifts my hand from the root and presses it to his bare chest, over his heart. My breath stops. I wonder if he can feel the pulse racing in my wrist, because it’s beating just as quickly as his heartbeat.

“Do you know the Ai’oan word for heart?” he asks.

I shake my head.

“It’s py’a.” We’re so close, his whisper is right in my ear, and his breath warms the side of my neck. “You are my heart, Pia”

I lick my lips. When did they get so dry?

His other hand cradles the back of my head, tipping my face upward. “A body can't live without a heart. And I can’t live without you.”
― Jessica Khoury, Origin

“You won't tell?"

"I'll add it to the box under my bed labeled 'The Secret Confession of the Immortal Pia'. Good Lord, girl, don't look so mortified. There's not actually a box.”
― Jessica Khoury, Origin

“He is the sun, and I am the moon. We must stay apart or the world will be thrown out of balance.”
― Jessica Khoury, The Forbidden Wish

“Love is a path lined with roses." I say bitterly. "But it leads to a cliff's edge and all who follow it tumble to their doom. You will not find your happiness there.”
― Jessica Khoury, The Forbidden Wish

“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.”
― Jessica Khoury, Kalahari

“A name is a powerful thing. It sets one apart and gives significance.”
― Jessica Khoury, Origin

“Wishes have a way of twisting themselves, and there is nothing more dangerous than getting your heart's desire. The question is, are you willing to gamble? How much are you willing to lose? What are you willing to risk everything for?”
― Jessica Khoury, The Forbidden Wish

“Keep your eye on the goal, not the steps you must take to reach it. The goal is everything. The steps are nothing. No matter how difficult the journey is, the goal is always worth it.”
― Jessica Khoury, Origin

“You’re beautiful and wild and kind, and I can’t stop thinking about you.” A sunny, foolish smile breaks across his face. “It’s wrong and stupid and wonderful, Zahra. I didn’t mean for it to happen, but here I am. I love you.”
― Jessica Khoury, The Forbidden Wish

“So this is what it feels like to have all your wishes come true.”
― Jessica Khoury, The Forbidden Wish

“There's just one rule, just one basic law that everyone lives under : take control or be controlled.”
― Jessica Khoury, Vitro

“And what do you know of love?” “That it must be a choice.” “Oh, my naïve thief.” I pause briefly to meet his gaze. “Love is rarely a choice.” The”
― Jessica Khoury, The Forbidden Wish