Maya Tohmaz > Maya's Quotes

“That which you believe becomes your world.”
― Richard Matheson, What Dreams May Come

“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.”
― Dr. Seuss, I Can Read with My Eyes Shut!

“It's enough for me to be sure that you and I exist at this moment.”
― Gabriel García Márquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude

“The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives.”
― Albert Einstein

“Dreams come true. Without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them. ”
― John Updike

“إن لفظت الديار أجسادنا …قلوب الأصدقاء لأرواحنا أوطان”
― سعود السنعوسي, ساق البامبو

“البطل لا يمكن أن يكون بطلاً لسلوكه طريقاً بالإكراه”
― مصطفى خليفة, القوقعة: يوميات متلصص

“It's not always necessary to be strong, but to feel strong.”
― Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild

“There is no place like home.”
― L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

“‎Though nobody can go back and make a new beginning... Anyone can start over and make a new ending.”
― Chico Xavier

“The only lies for which we are truly punished are those we tell ourselves.”
― V. S. Naipaul, In a Free State

“We are not all born at once, but by bits. The body first, and the spirit later... Our mothers are racked with the pains of our physical birth; we ourselves suffer the longer pains of our spiritual growth.”
― Mary Austin

“Don’t try to make life a mathematics problem with yourself in the center and everything coming out equal. When you’re good, bad things can still happen. And if you’re bad, you can still be lucky.”
― Barbara Kingsolver, The Poisonwood Bible

“There’s no such thing as ruining your life. Life’s a pretty resilient thing, it turns out.”
― Sophie Kinsella, The Undomestic Goddess

“When you read a book, you hold another's mind in your hands.”
― James Burke

“The nicest thing about feeling happy is that you think you'll never be unhappy again.

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― Manuel Puig, Kiss of the Spider Woman and Two Other Plays

“We never know the quality of someone else's life, though we seldom resist the temptation to assume and pass judgement.”
― Tami Hoag, Dark Horse

“لماذا على كل الشخصيات الشريرة أن تكون قبيحة؟ ألا يمكن لشرشبيل أن يكون وسيما قسيما؟ لم لا يمكن للثعلب الشرير في مسلسل "سنان" أن يكون أرنبا شريرا أو كتكوتا مؤذيا؟ ألم تكن زوجة أب بيضاء الثلج هي أجمل نساء الأرض قبل أن تبلغ بيضاء الثلج مبلغ النساء؟ فلم يرسمونها بهذا القبح والشناعة؟!
هل فاتهم أن أبا لهب –عليه من الله ما يستحق- سمي بهذا الاسم نظرا لبهاء وجهه؟ لم أرَ حتى الآن شريرا سمح المحيا في مسلسل رسوم متحركة، ولم أر كافرا بهي الطلة في أفلامنا السينمائية التاريخية.
وبعد أن تعرك الحياة أطفالنا وتركلهم، يكتشفون أن الأشرار -في الغالب الأعم- أناس وِسام ويتبسّمون!”
― Hayat Alyaqout حياة الياقوت, كاللولو

“All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their own education.”
― Sir Walter Scott

“And also don’t forget, the reason opportunity is often missed is that it usually comes disguised as hard work.”
― Clifford Irving, Trial

“Tomorrow's life is too late. Live today.”
― Marcus Valerius Martialis

“The first rule of hurricane coverage is that every broadcast must begin with palm trees bending in the wind.”
― Carl Hiaasen

“We are told that people stay in love because of chemistry, or because they remain intrigued with each other, because of many kindnesses, because of luck. But part of it has got to be forgiveness and gratefulness. ”
― Ellen Goodman

“We all have a Monster within; the difference is in degree, not in kind.”
― Douglas Preston, The Monster of Florence

“Life is rarely about what happened; it's mostly about what we think happened.”
― Chuck Klosterman, Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto

“You cannot make yourself feel something you do not feel, but you can make yourself do right in spite of your feelings.”
― Pearl S. Buck

“Open your heart. Someone will come. Someone will come for you. But first you must open your heart.”
― Kate DiCamillo, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

“The helpful thought for which you look
Is written somewhere in a book.”
― Edward Gorey

“The library is inhabited by spirits that come out of the pages at night.”
― Isabel Allende

“ولوهلة فكّرت كم هو مريع، كم هو مريع، كم هو مريع أنه على المرء
أن يوجد.”
― عزيز محمد, .الحالة الحرجة للمدعو ك