Shaikha M. > Shaikha's Quotes

“Kinder than is necessary. Because it's not enough to be kind. One should be kinder than needed.”
― R.J. Palacio, Wonder

“The things we do outlast our mortality. The things we do are like monuments that people build to honor heroes after they've died. They're like the pyramids that the Egyptians built to honor the pharaohs. Only instead of being made of stone, they're made out of the memories people have of you.”
― R.J. Palacio, Wonder

“If every person in this room made it a rule that wherever you are, whenever you can, you will try to act a little kinder than is necessary - the world really would be a better place. And if you do this, if you act just a little kinder than is necessary, someone else, somewhere, someday, may recognize in you, in every single one of you, the face of God.”
― R.J. Palacio, Wonder

“Sometimes I think my head is so big because it is so full of dreams”
― R.J. Palacio, Wonder

“There's nothing like deep breaths after laughing that hard. Nothing in the world like a sore stomach for the right reasons.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“So, I guess we are who we are for alot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even if we don't have the power to choose where we come from, we can still choose where we go from there. We can still do things. And we can try to feel okay about them.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“I am both happy and sad at the same time, and I'm still trying to figure out how that could be.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“The time will come when men such as I will look upon the murder of animals as they now look on the murder of men.”
― Leonardo da Vinci

“Though I am often in the depths of misery, there is still calmness, pure harmony and music inside me. I see paintings or drawings in the poorest cottages, in the dirtiest corners. And my mind is driven towards these things with an irresistible momentum.”
― Vincent van Gogh

“ثم أخذ بيدها فألصقها بكبده كما يفعل المريض بيد عائده ليدله على موضع ألمه، وكأنما هو يقول لها: إن لغة اللسان لا تكشف لك عما اشتملت عليه أضالعي من الوجد بك، والحنين إليك، فالمسي قلبي بيدك لتعرفي مكنونه،”
― Alphonse Karr, ‫ماجدولين‬

“Grief is love's souvenir. It's our proof that we once loved. Grief is the receipt we wave in the air that says to the world: Look! Love was once mine. I love well. Here is my proof that I paid the price.”
― Glennon Doyle Melton, Love Warrior

“هل هزمك الخوف أم أخافتك الهزائم؟ أم أن الموت والحياة يتعريان بلا حياء ويتضاجعان على فراشك وأنت بلا حولا ولا قوة تراقبين، وتصرخين بلا صوت؟تقولين هذة كلها أوهام، تسقطينها، تقومين إلى صنبور الماء وفرشاة الأسنان وصباح الخير والقهوة.”
― رضوى عاشور, أطياف