Despina Quote by Renee Ahdieh

“Shahrzad took a deep breath. “Tariq—” “I’m not leaving without you!” He spun around and pulled her against him. “This is not your fight!…

— Renee Ahdieh

“She lay dying, wrapped in invisible robes of martyrdom, presenting her helplessness and passivity to him like adornments, and his dominant feeling was distaste.”

— Robert Galbraith

“There was a truth there. A wound just like she said. One that ran deep across the soul and stung the air as well.…

— Christopher Stanfield

“I don't think you will ever be able to understand what it is like - the utter loneliness, the feeling of desperation - to…

— Haruki Murakami

“But for reasons she would never be able to articulate to anyone, herself included, she took a few steps more into the despairing darkness…

— Casey Fisher

“Her parents were killed in their private helicopter. An elite death but at the moment of dying we are all penniless. She never spoke…

— Salman Rushdie

“So death, Shelagh decided, was a moment for compliments, for everyone saying polite things about everybody else which they would not dream of saying…

— Daphne du Maurier

“Crouching down, Darius’ gentle gaze reassured and calmed. “You can do this.” “How do you know?” she whispered, nerves stealing the power from her…

— Claire Warner

“I’m sorry I hurt you,” Shahrzad said, her eyes luminous. Khalid slid a hand behind her neck and rested his chin atop her head.…

— Renée Ahdieh

“He loved her to the point of madness, to obsession and even sacrifice. He wasn't Berdikhan, and he wouldn't make her Zafira. He'd rob…

— Grace Draven

“Why are you being such a baby over this? I’m the one who was kept cloistered. (Livia) Because my mother and sister are sacred…

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

“The others slithered and crawled to get her the tanks and the belt, unaware that in order to really get my look, you had…

— Maggie Stiefvater