Top 63 Zahra Quotes: Famous Quotes & Sayings About Zahra

#1. My given name was Zahra, which is the 'flower of the desert.' I don't look anything like the flower of the desert. My name was changed by my grandfather to Iman, which means 'have faith.' And it meant to have faith that a daughter would come.

Iman

#2. You're beautiful and wild and kind, and I can't stop thinking about you." A sunny, foolish smile breaks across his face. "It's wrong and stupid and wonderful, Zahra. I didn't mean for it to happen, but here I am. I love you.

Jessica Khoury

#3. She and Harry may be the most loyal, least religious people in the community, but there are times when people need religion more than they need anything else - even people like Zahra and Harry.

Octavia E. Butler

#4. I do, 'Merama,' Deven piped up. 'I know exactly what she means. We need to send them love and see them coming home in our mind. If we wish and believe we can be together again.'
'Yas!' said Zahra strongly. 'Young one has knowing. You must that do!

Marcha A. Fox

#5. I have no form, I have no name. I am the Slave of the Lamp, and your will is my will. Your wishes are my commands." ~Zahra

Jessica Khoury

#6. All the world is in your shadow, Zahra.

Jessica Khoury

#7. I'm sorry," I whisper.
He takes my face in his hands. "I'm not. I'm not sorry I met you. I'm not sorry I fell in love with you. I have no regrets, Zahra, and neither should you. I love you.

Jessica Khoury

#8. The things that were once sweet to me are now bitter. The sun is not half so bright. The stars seem dimmer. All this wealth and luxury feels meaningless. All the world is in your shadow, Zahra. I cannot help but see you when I close my eyes.

Jessica Khoury

#9. Goodbye, Zahra," says the princess, and she pulls her arm back, preparing to throw the lamp.
"Do it, Princess," says a voice, "and I will tear your head from your shoulders.

Jessica Khoury

#10. Zahra is the light. My job is to keep her safe and watch her shine while using my knowledge to guide us to the day of our redemption.

Brian Arthur Levene

#11. I've been away from my two daughters at a very important time in their life.'I have missed most of Girl Scout cookie season.Last night Zahra, my youngest called me up and said :"Daddy how come we never sell the most cookies? How come Mrs. Dunn wins every year?"'

Chris Rock

#12. Cruelty, I understand. But kindness frightens me, for my defenses are weak against it. ~Zahra

Jessica Khoury

#13. The name Zahra was to have been lman's own name at birth, but a senior member of the family changed it to lman at the last minute.

David Bowie

#14. Love is a path lined with roses." I say bitterly. "But it leads to a cliff's edge and all who follow it tumble to their doom. You will not find your happiness there.

Jessica Khoury

#15. The experiences would be richer and more meaningful if I had someone to share them with

Shelina Zahra Janmohamed

#16. Even a thief may have honor, and even a jinni may have a heart.

Jessica Khoury

#17. Clouds and Rain' is a Chinese euphemism for sex. 'The Bringer of Clouds and Rain' is a lady of the night, a prostitute,

Zahra Owens

#18. It all comes with time and patience

Shelina Zahra Janmohamed

#19. Lately
I've been dreaming about you
About us
Sharing our secrets
Talking, even if we argued
Kept talking, till we slept
Maybe I woke up
On the wrong side of bed
Maybe I thought about you
Just a little too much

Irum Zahra

#20. I refused to change the way I practiced my faith or to let fear stop me from carrying out what I believed in.

Shelina Zahra Janmohamed

#21. "All I wanted," said the Queen, "was peace between our peoples. But I see now that this is not possible, for my people are ruled by a dreamer, and the jinn are ruled by a monster."

Jessica Khoury

#22. Every glance, every touch, every whisper between us has been a pebble added to the scales, tipping me toward a new direction.

Jessica Khoury

#23. Love is a path lined with roses.

Jessica Khoury

#24. Unable to go forward, afraid to go back

Jessica Khoury

#25. Seeing is not with the eyes, but the heart. That is why love underpinned all our experiences

Shelina Zahra Janmohamed

#26. His smile can lift me out of even the darkest mood

Shelina Zahra Janmohamed

#27. This has been the great lesson of my long life: To love is to destroy.

Jessica Khoury

#28. I am the weed cast out of the rose garden. I am the crow chased out of the dovecote.

Jessica Khoury

#29. Have I told you I love you?" he whispers.
I smile. "Not since this morning."
"Unforgivable. I will tell you every hour of every day.

Jessica Khoury

#30. Islam has rules. Once they are part of your life, you dont notice them anymore.

Shelina Zahra Janmohamed

#31. Find me, my thief.

Jessica Khoury

#32. He alone can meet my eyes without disgust or fear. He alone still sees the girl inside the monster. But it is not enough.

Jessica Khoury

#33. Less a point on a map and more a region of the soul, but it is a path I can follow.

Jessica Khoury

#34. You've ruled before, so tell me, does it get easier?"
"No, but you get stronger.

Jessica Khoury

#35. Amanda learned a valuable lesson. Everything happens for a reason and in the end, you will be happy.

Corrine Annette Zahra

#36. Insomnia

I wonder
If those talks matter
Few done in the clarity of day
Or the many
Done at 3 a.m. in the morning

Irum Zahra

#37. For the last few centuries, these jeweled fruits have been my constant and sole companions. The greatest treasure in all the world, as comfortless as light to the blind.

Jessica Khoury

#38. If you're not free to love, your're not free at all.

Jessica Khoury

#39. If it's a monster they want, then a monster they shall have.

Jessica Khoury

#40. But my heart is a treacherous star, refusing to dim when the sun rises

Jessica Khoury

#41. When my words are concealed
With lies and disguises, truth and beyond
Insecurities in the veil of trust
Betrayal in bounds of lies
It's just the charm of words darling
Giving the illusion of happiness inside misery

Irum Zahra

#42. You see the world in colors,
I see in Black and Red.

Irum Zahra

#43. I asked her why my father resisted the guards when they always won in the end. Why didn't he just save himself the pain and pay them what they wanted? She told me that sometimes, you can't choose what happens to you, but you can choose who you become because of it. That's why my father fought back.

Jessica Khoury

#44. I'm thinking about the discrepancies between what people say is Islam and what Islam actually is!

Shelina Zahra Janmohamed

#45. Don't just hope it happens you have to make it happen

Shelina Zahra Janmohamed

#46. Dreams are made to be real not in the garbage bin.

Corrine Annette Zahra

#47. All I wanted was peace between our peoples. But I see now that this is not possible, for my people are ruled by a dreamer, and the jinn are rules by a monster.

Jessica Khoury

#48. Don't look for wealth and beauty as these will last only a short time , and then you'll be left with nothing. Look for piety and faith and you'll get everything including wealth and beauty with it

Shelina Zahra Janmohamed

#49. The universe sings a deep, eternal song, sound in waves, in deep sighs, in whispers, in swirling chords and rising, falling tones. The music of the worlds, weaving in a pattern that is both chaos and order, both beauty and terror, without beginning, without end.

Jessica Khoury

#50. You insist you're a monster because you're afraid of being human.

Jessica Khoury

#51. We mourn what has been lost, and tomorrow, we rise.

Jessica Khoury

#52. I grow weary of the love
That lasts for a night
When it should be there
The next sunrise

Irum Zahra

#53. Use your wish," I whisper to Aladdin, opening my eyes. "Please."
"If I do," he replies softly, "I'll lose you.

Jessica Khoury

#54. Because happiness itself is a mythical construct, a dream you humans tell yourselves to get through each day. It is the moon, and you, like the sun, pursue it relentlessly, chasing it around and around, getting nowhere.

Jessica Khoury