{"author":"Renee Ahdieh","author_id":"Renee+Ahdieh","total_quotes":50,"quotes":[{"text":"When I was a boy, my mother would tell me that one of the best things in life is the knowledge that our story isn't over yet. Our story may have come to a close, but your story is still yet to be told. Make it a story worthy of you.","author":"Renee Ahdieh","tags":["blank-page","khalid","shahrzad","story","tale"],"id":15628,"author_id":"Renee+Ahdieh"},{"text":"I've never been angry to have been born a woman. There have been times I've been angry at how the world treats us, but I see being a woman as a challenge I must fight. Like being born under a stormy sky. Some people are lucky enough to be born on a bright summer's day. Maybe we were born under clouds. No wind. No rain. Just a mountain of clouds we must climb each morning so that we may see the sun.","author":"Renee Ahdieh","tags":["feminism"],"id":25488,"author_id":"Renee+Ahdieh"},{"text":"For without a measure of arrogance, how can one attempt the impossible?","author":"Renee Ahdieh","tags":["arrogance","despina","impossible","shahrzad"],"id":32876,"author_id":"Renee+Ahdieh"},{"text":"For the wonder of a first love can never be matched.","author":"Renee Ahdieh","tags":["love","quote"],"id":33982,"author_id":"Renee+Ahdieh"},{"text":"The power behind words lies with the person.","author":"Renee Ahdieh","tags":["power","the-rose-and-the-dagger","words"],"id":41956,"author_id":"Renee+Ahdieh"},{"text":"Because at that moment, with the press of Rahim's lips to hers, with the touch of his tongue sending wildfire through her veins, she knew she would always be home here.  With this boy. In this moment. In this time. And that her heart would never be lonely again.","author":"Renee Ahdieh","tags":["beautiful","feelings-of-love","first-love","heart","irsa-and-rahim","lonely","love","romance","the-rose-and-the-dagger"],"id":43055,"author_id":"Renee+Ahdieh"},{"text":"From the stars, to the stars.","author":"Renee Ahdieh","tags":["love"],"id":43076,"author_id":"Renee+Ahdieh"},{"text":"Before she could stop her hands, they reached for him, as though they existed for no other reason than to touch him. Her fingers brushed across his jaw with a feather's caress before pulling away, and he closed his eyes on a soft inhale. Like the poison toying with its remedy, Shahrzad's hands ignored her and took control, a mere taste of his skin not nearly enough. Never enough.","author":"Renee Ahdieh","tags":["feathers","love","passion","poison","touch"],"id":58477,"author_id":"Renee+Ahdieh"},{"text":"It does not take courage to kill. It takes courage to live.","author":"Renee Ahdieh","tags":["courage","khalid","killing","life"],"id":81924,"author_id":"Renee+Ahdieh"},{"text":"It's much easier to hate a memory. I would know.","author":"Renee Ahdieh","tags":["hate","memory"],"id":82619,"author_id":"Renee+Ahdieh"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":50,"pages":5,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}