Taha Rabbani > Taha's Quotes

“And so it goes...”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five

“Not all those who wander are lost.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“Whenever I feel the need to exercise, I lie down until it goes away.”
― Paul Terry

“Never put off till tomorrow what may be done day after tomorrow just as well.”
― Mark Twain

“A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.”
― Elbert Hubbard

“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“I think God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.”
― Oscar Wilde

“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
― Robert Frost

“Be careful about reading health books. Some fine day you'll die of a misprint.”
― Markus Herz

“I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception.”
― Groucho Marx

“The secret of flight is this -- you have to do it immediately, before your body realizes it is defying the laws.”
― Michael Cunningham, A Home at the End of the World

“Fly you fools”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“It's like learning to ride a unicorn. You never forget.”
― Eoin Colfer, Artemis Fowl

“Never hate your enemies. It affects your judgment.”
― Mario Puzo, The Godfather

“If you remember me, then I don't care if everyone else forgets.”
― Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore

“می گویند فراموشی دفاع طبیعی ِ بدن است در برابر رنج . دردی که نوزاد هنگام عبور از آن دریچه‌ی تنگ ، متحمل می‌شود چنان شدید است که کودک ترجیح می‌دهد رنج زاده شده را برای همیشه از یاد ببرد ...”
― رضا قاسمی / Reza Ghasemi, همنوایی شبانه ارکستر چوبها

“The worst part of success is trying to find someone who is happy for you.”
― Bette Midler

“شوربختي مرد در اين است كه سن خود را نمي بيند. جسمش پير مي شود اما تمنايش همچنان جوان مي ماند. زن، هستي اش با زمان گره خورده. آن ساعت دروني كه نظم مي دهد به چرخه زايمان، آن عقربه كه در لحظه اي مقرر مي ايستد روي ساعت يائسگي، اينها همه پاي زن را از راه مي برد روي زمين سخت واقعيت. هر روز كه مي ايستد در برابر آينه تا خطي بكشد به چشم يا سرخي بدهد به لب، تصوير رو به رو خيره اش مي كند به رد پاي زمان كه ذره ذره چين مي دهد به پوست. اما مرد، پايش لب گور هم كه باشد چشمش كه بيفتد به دختري زيبا، جواني او را مي بيند اما زانوان خميده و عصاي خود را نه.”
― رضا قاسمی, چاه بابل

“′Classic′ - a book which people praise and don't read.”
― Mark Twain

“Some of the fighters wear the best uniforms, do the best drills, but hardly anyone has seen them fighting. Some you won't even think that they are fighters, but they are the best knights on the battlefield.”
― Zain Hashmi, A Blessed Olive Tree: A Spiritual Journey in Twenty Short Stories

“And when your soul, the flame, the spark, meets with the divine fuel that is so pure and so strong, it results in immense enlightenment: the enlightenment of God. Light upon light, Noorun Alaa Noor.”
― Zain Hashmi, A Blessed Olive Tree: A Spiritual Journey in Twenty Short Stories