Mariam Taha > Mariam's Quotes

“Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.”
― Steve Jobs

“When we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage and willingness to change; at such a moment, there is no point in pretending that nothing has happened or in saying that we are not yet ready. The challenge will not wait. Life does not look back. A week is more than enough time for us to decide whether or not to accept our destiny.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Devil and Miss Prym

“We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers - but never blame yourself. It's never your fault. But it's always your fault, because if you wanted to change you're the one who has got to change.”
― Katharine Hepburn, Me: Stories of My Life

“Do I contradict myself?
Very well then I contradict myself,
(I am large, I contain multitudes.)”
― Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass

“The snake which cannot cast its skin has to die. As well the minds which are prevented from changing their opinions; they cease to be mind.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

“اللهم اجعل مكالمتي معك وحدك،فأنت وحدك تعلم ولا تظلم ولا تتبدل عندك الأقوال والأحكام ولا تضيع عندك محبة”
― مصطفى محمود, الروح والجسد

“السعادة الحقة هي حالة عميقة من حالات السكينة تقل فيها الحاجة إلى الكلام وتنعدم الرغبة في الثرثرة. هي حالة رؤية داخلية مبهجة واحساس بالصلح مع النفس والدنيا والله، واقتناع عميق بالعدالة الكامنة في الوجود كله، وقبول لجميع الآلام في رضى وابتسام”
― مصطفى محمود, الروح والجسد

“Moreover, I have boundary issues with men. Or maybe that’s not fair to say. To have issues with boundaries, one must have boundaries in the first place, right? But I disappear into
the person I love. I am the permeable membrane. If I love you, you can have everything. You can have my time, my devotion, my ass, my money, my family, my dog, my dog’s money, my
dog’s time—everything. If I love you, I will carry for you all your pain, I will assume for you all your debts (in every definition of the word), I will protect you from your own insecurity, I will project upon you all sorts of good qualities that you have never actually cultivated in yourself and I will buy Christmas presents for your entire family. I will give you the sun and the rain, and if they are not available, I will give you a sun check and a rain check. I will give you all this and more, until I get so exhausted and depleted that the only way I can recover my energy is by becoming infatuated with someone else.
I do not relay these facts about myself with pride, but this is how it’s always been.
Some time after I’d left my husband, I was at a party and a guy I barely knew said to me, “You know, you seem like a completely different person, now that you’re with this new boyfriend. You used to look like your husband, but now you look like David. You even dress like
him and talk like him. You know how some people look like their dogs? I think maybe you always look like your men.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love

“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
― George Orwell

“Two kinds of pessimism: “The end is near” and “Will this never end?”
― Eugene Thacker, Infinite Resignation

“Death is the fairest thing in the world. No one's ever gotten out of it. The earth takes everyone - the kind, the cruel, the sinners. Aside from that, there's no fairness on earth.”
― Svetlana Aleksievich, Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster

“Is there anything more frightening than people?”
― Svetlana Alexievich, Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster

“وإن يكن كل وجود الى زوال فالحزن لن يشذ عن هذه القاعده”
― نجيب محفوظ, The Day the Leader Was Killed

“بهتنا أول الأمر. إنه اليقين. ياللذهول! انتهى الرجل؟.. من كان يتصور؟ لماذا نؤمن أحيانا بأنه يوجد مستحيل. لماذا نتصور أنه لا توجد حقيقة فى هذه الدنيا سوى الموت؟ الموت هو. الموت هو الدكتاتور الحقيقى. و يجئ البيان الرسمى كالجملة الختامية. ترى ماذا يقول الناس؟ أريد أن أسمع ما يقال حولنا فى المقهى. و تحركت مرهف السمع. لاحول و لا قوة إلا بالله. هو وحده الدائم. البلد يواجه خطرا لا يستهان به. لا يستحق هذه النهاية مهما قيل عن أخطائه.. فى يوم نصره؟ مؤامرة.. توجد مؤامرة محكمة و لاشك. فى داهية.. الموت أنقذه من الجنون. على أى حال كان يجب أن يذهب. هذا جزاء من يتصور أن البلد جثة هامدة. بل هى مؤامرة خارجية. لا يستحق هذه النهاية. إنها نهاية محتومة. كان لعنة. من قتل يقتل و لو بعد حين. فى لحظة انهارت إمبراطورية. إمبراطورية اللصوص فيم تفكر العصابة الآن.”
― نجيب محفوظ, The Day the Leader Was Killed

“الحياه فصول ولكل فصل مذاقه وطوبى لمن أحب الدنيا بما هي دنيا الله”
― نجيب محفوظ, The Day the Leader Was Killed

“I like good strong words that mean something…”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

“I'd rather take coffee than compliments just now.”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

“If you are honest, people may deceive you. Be honest anyway. If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfishness. Be kind anyway. All the good you do today will be forgotten by others tomorrow. Do good anyway.”
― Fredrik Backman, Beartown

“Modern man can't see God because he doesn't look low enough.”
― Carl Jung