“How many have died that I might live? And who has died that I might live?” — Jessica Khoury Death Copy Share Image
“A name is a powerful thing. It sets one apart and gives significance.” — Jessica Khoury Copy Share Image
“Maybe reason is neater and more orderly, but nonsense is freeing.” — Jessica Khoury Copy Share Image
“A body can't live without a heart. And I can't live without you.” — Jessica Khoury Body Copy Share Image
“Beauty and death, so closely knit together. This seems to be the central theme of my life.” — Jessica Khoury Beauty Copy Share Image
“We were too greedy, grasping for immortality too soon. Perhaps if we had only been patient, content to wait, we would all… — Jessica Khoury Death Copy Share Image
“...there is a somewhere else after this, where everyone drinks elysia and lives forever.” — Jessica Khoury Death Copy Share Image
“I want someone who will look into my eyes and understand everything behind them. -Pia” — Jessica Khoury Learning Copy Share Image
“I can't let the killing go on. No more death, not because of me. This is the only way. You and I… — Jessica Khoury Death Copy Share Image
“Love makes you weak. It distracts you from the important things. It can make you lose sight of the objective. -Uncle Paolo” — Jessica Khoury Important things Copy Share Image
“The woman may be a biomedical engineer, but I begin to think that she is a certifiable idiot.” — Jessica Khoury Idiot Copy Share Image
“WHERE IS MY SON?" Uncle Antonio bellows, levelling the two AK-47s he's holding at the lot of us. "Get away from him,… — Jessica Khoury Father Copy Share Image
“Homo ferus: wild human. An unpredictable, nocturnal creature usually found in trees. Caution: may cause bewilderment and disorientation. Also, prone to teasing.” — Jessica Khoury Animals Copy Share Image
“No! Aguaje is for girls. If a man eats to much of it, he starts to look like a woman. That is… — Jessica Khoury First impressions Copy Share Image
“You think that nothing matters as long as you're together, that nothing can harm you two or come between you because you're… — Jessica Khoury Copy Share Image
“Because you are young and free and one with the jungle. You are mortal, but instead of clinging to the hope of… — Jessica Khoury Death Copy Share Image
“Because, well, you're not immortal anymore. At least as far as we know; just because you can bleed doesn't mean you'll grow… — Jessica Khoury Copy Share Image
“Keep your eye on the goal, not the steps you must take to reach it. The goal is everything. The steps are… — Jessica Khoury Goals Copy Share Image
“I think of the five generations it will take before [Mr. Perfect]'s born, and I want to scream. I want someone now.… — Jessica Khoury Immortality Copy Share Image
“That your eyes are like bits of sky seen through the leaves. And that, like the rain washes the mud from the… — Jessica Khoury Copy Share Image
“Love. Such a sweet, simple word. A word I've been searching for my entire life - but especially since I met Eio… — Jessica Khoury Empty space Copy Share Image
“He lifts my hand from the root and presses it to his bare chest, over his heart. My breath stops. I wonder… — Jessica Khoury Copy Share Image
“I don't trust you," she whispered, her gaze caught in his as if hypnotized. He was close enough to kiss. He could… — Jessica Khoury Copy Share Image
“No one should live forever," I whisper. "Isn't that how it goes? There must be a balance. No birth without death. No… — Jessica Khoury Death Copy Share Image
“Love is nothing more than elevated levels of dopamine, nor-epinephrine, and other chemicals. But the way Uncle Antionio's face lights up as… — Jessica Khoury Immortality Copy Share Image
“Now, when he touches me, I feel nothing but Eio, pure and whole and constant. Now, when I look into his eyes,… — Jessica Khoury Copy Share Image
“He laughs. "No! Aguaje is for girls. If a man eats to much of it, he starts to look like a woman."… — Jessica Khoury First impressions Copy Share Image
“Time has a different meaning for me, and these events that seem so monumental in the moment will one day be nothing… — Jessica Khoury Civilization Copy Share Image
“He makes a face and tosses the flower at me. It lands on my cheek, and I pick it up and twirl… — Jessica Khoury Aladdin Copy Share Image
“As we walk, he begins telling me all the names of the plants we pass. I already know their names, but I… — Jessica Khoury Love Copy Share Image
“They all seem infected with a vivaciousness that isn't common in our compound, and there are more smiles on their faces than… — Jessica Khoury Alone Copy Share Image
“Then he's here, emerging from the water like some kind of myth, some fabled Ai'oan god, his hand smoothing his wet hair… — Jessica Khoury Copy Share Image
“I may as well shackle my wrist to a bolt of lightning as attach myself to a mortal.” — Jessica Khoury Death Copy Share Image
“The way he looks at me- steady and silent, bold and bright - makes me feel as if the storm outside were… — Jessica Khoury Copy Share Image
“Reminding me how fragile this life is and how easily it can be lost. Compelling me to live and to live well,… — Jessica Khoury Death Copy Share Image
“We...do things a lot differently, yes, but in many ways we are just the same as you...We eat, we sleep, we breathe.… — Jessica Khoury Copy Share Image
“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… — Jessica Khoury Copy Share Image
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