Shamma > Shamma's Quotes

“Everything you can imagine is real.”
― Pablo Picasso

“Peace begins with a smile..”
― Mother Teresa

“Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.”
― Harry Crosby, Transit of Venus

“Don't give me songs, give me something to sing about!”
― Mutanat Enemy, Buffy the Vampire Slayer

“Stories make us more alive, more human, more courageous, more loving.”
― Madeleine L'Engle

“When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful.”
― Malala Yousafzai, I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban

“If you ask me what I came to do in this world, I, an artist, will answer you: I am here to live out loud.”
― Émile Zola

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

“Reading was my escape and my comfort, my consolation, my stimulant of choice: reading for the pure pleasure of it, for the beautiful stillness that surrounds you when you hear an author's words reverberating in your head.”
― Paul Auster, The Brooklyn Follies

“When will you learn that there isn't a word for everything?”
― Nicole Krauss, The History of Love

“The difference between genius and stupidity is: genius has its limits.”
― Alexandre Dumas-fils

“There is nothing better than a friend, unless it is a friend with chocolate.”
― Linda Grayson

“And in that moment, I swear we were infinite.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“Life is an awful, ugly place to not have a best friend.”
― Sarah Dessen, Someone Like You

“It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

“Another belief of mine: that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise.”
― Margaret Atwood, Cat’s Eye

“Someday you're gonna look back on this moment of your life as such a sweet time of grieving. You'll see that you were in mourning and your heart was broken, but your life was changing...”
― Elizabeth Gilbert

“Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.”
― Steve Jobs

“A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.”
― Steve Martin

“But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough can you see the stars.”
― Martin Luther King, Jr.

“The flower that blooms in adversity is the rarest and most beautiful of all.”
― Walt Disney Company, Mulan

“It was only a sunny smile, and little it cost in the giving, but like morning light it scattered the night and made the day worth living.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald

“Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon.”
― Paul Brandt

“Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.”
― John Lennon

“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

“I love people who make me laugh. I honestly think it's the thing I like most, to laugh. It cures a multitude of ills. It's probably the most important thing in a person.”
― Audrey Hepburn

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

“I regret that it takes a life to learn how to live.”
― Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

“All children, except one, grow up.”
― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan

“Poetry might be defined as the clear expression of mixed feelings.”
― W.H. Auden, New Year Letter