32 Quotes About The-forbidden-wish
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What good is it Habiba, to deny the truth? Your friendship woke something in me all those centuries ago, some dormant humanity that had lingered through the years, and after you died, it recoiled and hid again.But Aladdin has woken it once more. With his sun-bright smile and his laughing eyes and his way of asking the hardest kind of questions. After you, I swore to never love again.But I love him.And so I must let him go.
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He alone can meet my eyes without disgust or fear. He alone still sees the girl inside the monster. But it is not enough.
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So this is what it feels like to have all your wishes come true.
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You can't choose what happens to you, but you can choose who you become because of it.
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Love is a path lined with roses.
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You loved before, and she was taken from you. Ever since, you've been afraid to love again. You insist you're a monster because you're afraid of being human.
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Zahra, I think you're right---love isn't a choice. If I could choose to love Caspida, maybe this would all be going differently, but I don't think that's possible. Not anymore."All the smoke inside me sinks as I stare at him. "What are you saying?"He turns and meets my gaze squarely. As much as I want to, I find it impossible to look away. The intensity of his copper gaze holds me entranced."I think you know," he says softly. "Or am I the only one who feels it?
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He is just a mortal. Just a boy, a moment in time that will soon pass.His name is Aladdin.I have known a thousand and one like him. I will know a thousand and one more. He is nothing.He is everything.
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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.
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