Farah > Farah's Quotes

“I've never been lonely. I've been in a room -- I've felt suicidal. I've been depressed. I've felt awful -- awful beyond all -- but I never felt that one other person could enter that room and cure what was bothering me...or that any number of people could enter that room. In other words, loneliness is something I've never been bothered with because I've always had this terrible itch for solitude. It's being at a party, or at a stadium full of people cheering for something, that I might feel loneliness. I'll quote Ibsen, "The strongest men are the most alone." I've never thought, "Well, some beautiful blonde will come in here and give me a fuck-job, rub my balls, and I'll feel good." No, that won't help. You know the typical crowd, "Wow, it's Friday night, what are you going to do? Just sit there?" Well, yeah. Because there's nothing out there. It's stupidity. Stupid people mingling with stupid people. Let them stupidify themselves. I've never been bothered with the need to rush out into the night. I hid in bars, because I didn't want to hide in factories. That's all. Sorry for all the millions, but I've never been lonely. I like myself. I'm the best form of entertainment I have. Let's drink more wine!”
― Charles Bukowski

“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow
Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead
Walk beside me… just be my friend”
― Albert Camus

“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
― Maya Angelou

“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

“There is never a time or place for true love. It happens accidentally, in a heartbeat, in a single flashing, throbbing moment.”
― Sarah Dessen, The Truth About Forever

“We read to know we're not alone.”
― William Nicholson, Shadowlands: A Play

“If you can't explain it to a six year old, you don't understand it yourself.”
― Albert Einstein

“One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.”
― Bob Marley

“You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us. And the world will live as one.”
― John Lennon

“I've been making a list of the things they don't teach you at school. They don't teach you how to love somebody. They don't teach you how to be famous. They don't teach you how to be rich or how to be poor. They don't teach you how to walk away from someone you don't love any longer. They don't teach you how to know what's going on in someone else's mind. They don't teach you what to say to someone who's dying. They don't teach you anything worth knowing.”
― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones

“It's far better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone — so far.”
― Marilyn Monroe

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”
― Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches

“You can't live your life for other people. You've got to do what's right for you, even if it hurts some people you love.”
― Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook

“It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.”
― William Shakespeare

“You don’t forget the face of the person who was your last hope.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

“Do one thing every day that scares you.”
― Eleanor Roosevelt

“There is no friend as loyal as a book.”
― Ernest Hemingway

“I speak to everyone in the same way, whether he is the garbage man or the president of the university.”
― Albert Einstein

“I finally understood what true love meant...love meant that you care for another person's happiness more than your own, no matter how painful the choices you face might be.”
― Nicholas Sparks, Dear John

“Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood.”
― Oscar Wilde, Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories

“Time is
Too Slow for those who Wait,
Too Swift for those who Fear,
Too Long for those who Grieve,
Too Short for those who Rejoice;
But for those who Love,
Time is not.”
― Henry van Dyke, Music and Other Poems

“Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.”
― Robert Frost

“She was a girl who knew how to be happy even when she was sad. And that’s important—you know ”
― Marilyn Monroe

“So, this is my life. And I want you to know that I am both happy and sad and I'm still trying to figure out how that could be.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“إن شراستك كلها إنما هي لإخفاء قلب هش”
― غسان كنفاني, رسائل غسان كنفاني إلى غادة السمان

“إنني أقول لك كل شيء لأنني أفتقدك, لأنني أكثر من ذلك (تعبت من الوقوف) بدونك”
― غسان كنفاني, رسائل غسان كنفاني إلى غادة السمان

“الحداد ليس في ما نرتديه بل في ما نراه . إنّه يكمن في نظرتنا
للأشياء . بإمكان عيون قلبنا أن تكون في حداد... ولا أحد يدري بذلك”
― أحلام مستغانمي, الأسود يليق بك

“قرأت يومًا إن راحة القلب في العمل، وأنّ السعادة هي أن تكون مشغولًا إلى حدّ لا تنتبه أنّك تعيس.”
― أحلام مستغانمي, الأسود يليق بك

“أي علم هذا الذي لم يستطع حتى الآن أن يضع أصوات من نحب في أقراص ، أو زجاجة دواء نتناولها سرًّا ، عندما نصاب بوعكة عاطفية بدون أن يدري صاحبها كم نحن نحتاجه”
― أحلام مستغانمي, عابر سرير