Khadijah

“Where were you?" Shahrzad tried to control the tremor in her voice.
"Not where I should have been."
"This morning and last night."
His breath fanned on her skin as he bent toward her ear. "This morning, I was not where I should have been. Last night, I was not where I wanted to be.”
― Renee Ahdieh, The Wrath and the Dawn

“Adam had taken the cassette from Ronan's hand, working Ronan's fingers loose and putting his own fingers between them. For a moment, Opal hidden, had thought they were going to kiss. But instead, Ronan pressed his face against Adam's neck and Adam quietly put his head on top of Ronan's head and they did not move for a long time.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, Opal

“I do not have to lose my wife to understand the meaning of loss, Tariq. A child with a broken toy understands such things."
"Are you likening my suffering to that of a child?"
"Loss is loss. And the lesson is always the same.”
― Renee Ahdieh, The Wrath and the Dawn

“Murderer, monster, madman... Khalid may very well be all of those things. But he's also loved. By me and by my father. But, most of all, by Shazi. With her, he is as fiercely loved as he loves.”
― Renee Ahdieh, The Wrath and the Dawn