Maren Ford

“Let me see if I understand correctly now," the Jinni said at one point. "You and your relations believe that a ghost living in the sky can grant you wishes."

"That is a gross oversimplification, and you know it."

"And yet, according to men, we jinn are nothing but children's tales?"

"This is different. This is about religion and faith."

"And where exactly is the difference?”
― Helene Wecker, The Golem and the Jinni

“Is there anything better than iced coffee and a bookstore on a sunny day? I mean, aside from hot coffee and a bookstore on a rainy day.”
― Emily Henry, Book Lovers

“He removed her hand from his cheek to kiss the tips of her fingers. “I get scared, too,” he murmured onto her skin. “You want to hear something ridiculous? Whenever I’m scared out of my wits, I tell myself: My name is Sam Cortland … and I will not be afraid. I’ve been doing it for years.”
It was her turn to raise her brows. “And that actually works?”
He laughed onto her fingers. “Sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn’t. But it usually makes me feel better to some degree. Or it just makes me laugh at myself a bit.”
― Sarah J. Maas, The Assassin's Blade

“And perhaps the humans did create their God. But does that make him less real? Take this arch. They created it. Now it exists.”
― Helene Wecker, The Golem and the Jinni