A > A's Quotes

“Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.”
― Mark Twain

“If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”
― Toni Morrison

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

“Read, read, read. Read everything -- trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read! You'll absorb it.
Then write. If it's good, you'll find out. If it's not, throw it out of the window.”
― William Faulkner

“All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know.”
― Ernest Hemingway

“you can, you should, and if you’re brave enough to start, you will.”
― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

“Imagination is like a muscle. I found out that the more I wrote, the bigger it got.”
― Philip José Farmer

“Write the kind of story you would like to read. People will give you all sorts of advice about writing, but if you are not writing something you like, no one else will like it either.”
― Meg Cabot

“The role of a writer is not to say what we can all say, but what we are unable to say.”
― Anais Nin

“If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot. There's no way around these two things that I'm aware of, no shortcut.”
― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

“I'm an introvert... I love being by myself, love being outdoors, love taking a long walk with my dogs and looking at the trees, flowers, the sky.”
― Audrey Hepburn

“I don’t take my life seriously, but I do take what I do – in my life – seriously -”
― Audrey Hepburn, Film und Mode, Mode im Film : [anlässlich der Ausstellung "Film und Mode - Mode im Film" im Deutschen Filmmuseum, Frankfurt/Main, vom 2. März bis 1. April 1990]

“For my whole life, my favorite activity was reading. It's not the most social pastime.”
― Audrey Hepburn

“I never think of myself as an icon. What is in other people's minds is not in my mind. I just do my thing.”
― Audrey Hepburn

“To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow.”
― Audrey Hepburn

“You need to learn how to select your thoughts just the same way you select your clothes every day. This is a power you can cultivate. If you want to control things in your life so bad, work on the mind. That's the only thing you should be trying to control.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love

“You can improve insulin sensitivity and reduce your risk of diabetes (not to mention all manner of brain diseases) simply by making lifestyle changes that melt that fat away. And if you add exercise to the dieting, you’ll stand to gain even bigger benefits.”
― David Perlmutter, Grain Brain: The Surprising Truth about Wheat, Carbs, and Sugar--Your Brain's Silent Killers

“The gene that turns on BDNF is activated by a variety of lifestyle habits, including physical exercise, caloric restriction, following a ketogenic diet, and the addition of certain nutrients like curcumin and the omega-3 fat DHA.”
― David Perlmutter, Grain Brain: The Surprising Truth about Wheat, Carbs, and Sugar--Your Brain's Silent Killers

“Aside from some extra fiber, eating two slices of whole wheat bread is really little different, and often worse, than drinking a can of sugar-sweetened soda or eating a sugary candy bar.”
― William Davis, Wheat Belly: Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight, and Find Your Path Back to Health

“Carbohydrates trigger insulin release from the pancreas, causing growth of visceral fat; visceral fat causes insulin resistance and inflammation. High blood sugars, triglycerides, and fatty acids damage the pancreas. After years of overwork, the pancreas succumbs to the thrashing it has taken from glucotoxicity, lipotoxicity, and inflammation, essentially “burning out,” leaving a deficiency of insulin and an increase in blood glucose—diabetes.”
― William Davis, Wheat Belly: Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight, and Find Your Path Back to Health

“Therefore, wheat products elevate blood sugar levels more than virtually any other carbohydrate, from beans to candy bars.”
― William Davis, Wheat Belly: Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight, and Find Your Path Back to Health

“The original study showed that the GI of white bread was 69, while the GI of whole grain bread was 72 and Shredded Wheat cereal was 67, while that of sucrose (table sugar) was 59.5 Yes, the GI of whole grain bread is higher than that of sucrose. Incidentally, the GI of a Mars bar—nougat, chocolate, sugar, caramel, and all—is 68. That’s better than whole grain bread. The GI of a Snickers bar is 41—far better than whole grain bread.”
― William Davis, Wheat Belly: Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight, and Find Your Path Back to Health

“A wheat belly represents the accumulation of fat that results from years of consuming foods that trigger insulin, the hormone of fat storage.”
― William Davis, Wheat Belly: Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight, and Find Your Path Back to Health

“كما يكون الإنسان تكون الطبيعة من حوله. فمن جملتْ حياته وصفَت أفكاره رأى الطبيعة جميلة وصافية. ومن قبحت حياته وتشوّشت أفكاره رأى الطبيعة قبيحة ومشوشة.
لذلك فمفتاح الطبيعة ليس في الطبيعة عينها بل في الإنسان نفسه. وذلك المفتاح هو المعرفة. من شاء أن يعرف الطبيعة فليعرف نفسه اولاً. ومن شاء أن يكون سيد الطبيعة فليكن سيّد نفسه.”
― ميخائيل نعيمه, مذكرات الأرقش

“لا شيء يدوم , ولا حتى الأفكار التي في رأسك . وينبغي ألا تهدر وقتك في البحث عنها , فعندما تختفي , تكون تلك نهايتها .”
― بول أوستر

“Someday, somewhere - anywhere, unfailingly, you'll find yourself, and that, and only that, can be the happiest or bitterest hour of your life.”
― Pablo Neruda

“And that's why i have to go back
to so many places
there to find myself
and constantly examine myself
with no witness but the moon
and then whistle with joy,
ambling over rocks and clods of earth,
with no task but to live,
with no family but the road.”
― Pablo Neruda

“Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.”
― Anne Frank

“أصبحت امرأة حرة .. فقط لأنني قررت أن أكف عن الحلم, الحرية أن لا تنتظر شيئاً..والترقب حالة عبودية”
― أحلام مستغانمي, فوضى الحواس

“ثمة كتب تضعك أمام اكتشافات مذهلة , تكتشف فيها نفسك ، و مساحات منك لم تكن تعرفها.”
― أحلام مستغانمي, فوضى الحواس