Ghada Emadeldin > Ghada's Quotes

“Anticipation! It occurred to him that his anticipation was more pleasant to him than the experiencing.”
― Patricia Highsmith, The Talented Mr. Ripley

“If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.”
― Stephen King

“Both Rowling and Meyer, they’re speaking directly to young people. … The real difference is that Jo Rowling is a terrific writer and Stephenie Meyer can’t write worth a darn. She’s not very good.”
― Stephen King

“If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot.”
― Stephen King

“If you liked being a teenager, there's something really wrong with you.”
― Stephen King

“A person who doesn't learn from the past is an idiot, in my estimation.”
― Stephen King, 11/22/63

“When all else fails, give up and go to the library.”
― Stephen King, 11/22/63

“So many books, so little time.”
― Frank Zappa

“We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another.”
― Veronica Roth, Divergent

“Becoming fearless isn't the point. That's impossible. It's learning how to control your fear, and how to be free from it.”
― Veronica Roth, Divergent

“Love won't be tampered with, love won't go away. Push it to one side and it creeps to the other.”
― Louise Erdrich

“وعقب منتصف الليل ذهب إلى ساحة التكية لينفرد بنفسه في ضوء النجوم ورحاب الأناشيد. تربع فوق الأرض مستنيما إلى الرضى ولطافة الجو. لحظة من لحظات الحياة النادرة التي تسفر فيها عن نور صاف. لا شكوى من عضو أو خاطرة أو زمان أو مكان. كأن الأناشيد الغامضة تفصح عن أسرارها بألف لسان. وكأنما أدرك لم ترنموا طويلا بالأعجمية وأغلقوا الأبواب.”
― نجيب محفوظ, الحرافيش

“فقال له قلبه : لا تجزع فقد ينفتح الباب ذات يوم تحية لمن يخوضون الحياة ببراءة الاطفال وطموح الملائكة.”
― نجيب محفوظ, الحرافيش

“الناس تراقب وتتذكر، تحصي اللفتات والنوايا، تؤول الأوهام بأوهام، تتعجل تحقيق الظنون، تتستر بالتقوى والبراءة.”
― نجيب محفوظ, الحرافيش

“For whatever we lose (like a you or a me),
It's always our self we find in the sea.”
― e.e. cummings, 100 Selected Poems

“No, this is not the beginning of a new chapter in my life; this is the beginning of a new book! That first book is already closed, ended, and tossed into the seas; this new book is newly opened, has just begun! Look, it is the first page! And it is a beautiful one!”
― C. JoyBell C.

“The truth is rarely pure and never simple.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest

“If I am occasionally a little over-dressed, I make up for it by being always immensely over-educated.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest

“القهوة لا تُشرب على عجل، القهوةٌ أخت الوقت تُحْتَسى على مهل، القهوة صوت المذاق، صوت الرائحة، القهوة تأمّل وتغلغل في النفس وفي الذكريات”
― محمود درويش, ذاكرة للنسيان