Ayesha Zahra > Ayesha's Quotes

“Tell me what I must do to atone; tell me to crawl over hot coals, to sleep on a bed of nails, to carve up my flesh. Say the word, and it is done. But let me care for you as I once did, before … before that madness poisoned my heart. Punish me, torture me, wreck me, but let me help you. Do this small thing for me—and let me lay the world at your feet.”
― Sarah J. Maas, Queen of Shadows

“Because the beast doesn’t get the beauty.”
― Lauren Roberts, Reckless

“Call us even. Call me crazy. I don’t care. Just…” His eyes are pleading, brimming with emotion. “Just call me yours.”
― Lauren Roberts, Reckless

“Be selfish," he whispered. "Be brave.”
― R.F. Kuang, Babel

“Nice comes from the Latin word for “stupid”,’ said Griffin. ‘We do not want to be nice.”
― R.F. Kuang, Babel

“…there is no such thing as humane colonization.”
― R.F. Kuang, Babel

“Why, he wondered, did white people get so very upset when anyone disagreed with them?”
― R.F. Kuang, Babel

“Words and phrases you think are carved into your bones can disappear in no time.”
― R.F. Kuang, Babel

“For you, a thousand times over”
― Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner”
― Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
― Oscar Wilde

“There is only one sin. and that is theft... when you tell a lie, you steal someones right to the truth.”
― Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner

“it always hurts more to have and lose than to not have in the first place.”
― Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner

“There are a lot of children in Afghanistan, but little childhood.”
― Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner

“There is a way to be good again...”
― Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner

“Not a word passes between us, not because we have nothing to say, but because we don't have to say anything”
― Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner

“Time can be a greedy thing-sometimes it steals the details for itself.”
― Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner

“People say that eyes are windows to the soul.”
― Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner

“A man who has no conscience, no goodness, does not suffer.”
― Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner

“I want to tear myself from this place, from this reality, rise up like a cloud and float away, melt into this humid summer night and dissolve somewhere far, over the hills. But I am here, my legs blocks of concrete, my lungs empty of air, my throat burning. There will be no floating away.”
― Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner

“Better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.”
― Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner

“For you, a thousand times over”
― Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner

“If killing thousands to keep you alive is wrong, then consider me a villain.”
― Alex Aster, Skyshade

“Hate me all you want. Hate me forever. Just—just don’t leave.”
― Alex Aster, Skyshade

“I’m your husband. I’m yours.” His voice was nearly a growl as he said, “And you . . . wife . . . are mine.”
― Alex Aster, Skyshade

“You had me. And you lost me all on your own.”
― Alex Aster, Skyshade

“You’ve never been powerless a day in your life.”
― Alex Aster, Skyshade

“Theirs was not a gentle love, it was a bleeding love. And she was done pretending she didn’t want it.”
― Alex Aster, Skyshade

“Heart,” he said, blinking more than usual, as if trying to discern a dream from reality. “What—” “I’m ready,” she said. She took a step forward. “I’m ready to try again. To be your wife. Truly.”
― Alex Aster, Skyshade