I think beauty is rarely worth the trouble.” Shared gripped IRA’s hand tighter in sisterly solidarity. “But I am worth a great deal more than what you see.

— Renee Ahdieh

It's much easier to hate a memory. I would know.

— Renee Ahdieh

It was a quiet taunt...a poisoned glass of wine, meant to intoxicate and exsanguinate.

— Renee Ahdieh

It was easy to be good and kind in times of plenty. The trying times were the moments that defined a man. And love? Love was something that did much to change a person. It brought joy as it brought suffering, and in turn brought about those moments that defined one’s character. Love gave life to the lifeless. It was the greatest of all living powers. But, as with all things, love had a dark side to it.

— Renee Ahdieh

I understand how difficult it is, putting your heart in someone else’s hands. But, if you don’t, how will you ever truly know a person?

— Renee Ahdieh

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.

— Renee Ahdieh

Khalid would break every bone in your body for what you've done.

— Renee Ahdieh

Love is a force unto itself, said. For love, people consider the unthinkable...and often achieve the impossible. I would not sneer at its power.

— Renee Ahdieh

Love is—a shade of what I feel.

— Renee Ahdieh

My soul sees its equal in you.

— Renee Ahdieh