Jina Bazzar > Jina's Quotes

“How about a favor?” I asked impulsively –foolishly.

Oh, but how I would regret these words. I was sure about that. But nothing else came to mind, and to regret it, I still had to live.”
― Jina S. Bazzar, Heir of Ashes

“I do not like the terms. I don’t get any offspring, any beloved, I cannot ask something that is not in your power and I do not get to have your soul?” Her lips twisted in a sarcastic smile, and I could tell I had managed to insult her. “Although I suppose that’s some other entity’s priority and not mine. But that aside, what’s left for me?”
― Jina S. Bazzar, Heir of Ashes

“How can a monster tell if he’s a monster if he’s never known anything else?”
― Jina S. Bazzar, Heir of Ashes

“You would do good to keep in mind there is a good reason all these people are after me.”
― Jina S. Bazzar, Heir of Ashes

“Weak prey didn’t live long. It was the law of the jungle.”
― Jina S. Bazzar, Heir of Ashes

“They not only left me for the wolves, but they did it to cover their scents while the wolves were busy ravaging me –and they took cover.”
― Jina S. Bazzar, Heir of Ashes

“When one faces pain on a daily basis, one either learns to live with it or let it consume him.”
― Jina S. Bazzar, Heir of Ashes

“They have opinions, but no facts;
assumptions, but no proof;
information, but no reason;
arguments, but no evidence;
beliefs, but no wisdom;
counsel, but no guidance;
pleasures, but no peace;
luxuries, but no comfort;
toys, but no amusement;
laughter, but no peace;
entertainment, but no bliss;
and recreation, but no happiness.

They also have charm, but no integrity;
eloquence, but no logic;
knowledge, but no sense;
food, but no satisfaction;
money, but no peace;
property, but no contentment;
entertainment, but no enjoyment;
acquaintances, but no friends;
creeds, but no conviction;
religion, but no faith;
pride, but no confidence;
mansions, but no home;
relationships, but no marriage;
children, but no family;
laws, but no justice;
morals, but no compassion;
passion, but no love;
sleep, but no rest;
days, but no nights;
brains, but no heart;
and courage, but no soul.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“Just as it did in the nineteenth century, the notion that the victims were 'only prostitutes' seeks to perpetuate the belief that there are good women and bad women; madonnas and whores. It suggests that there is an acceptable standard of female behaviour and those that deviate from it are fit to be punished. Equally, it assists in reasserting the double standard , exonerating men from wrongs committed against such women. These attitudes may not feel as prevalent as they were in 1888, but they persist - not proffered in general conversation... but, rather integrated subtly into the fabric of our social norms.”
― Hallie Rubenhold, The Five: The Lives of Jack the Ripper's Women

“اغلب تنها نوشتن فاصله بین
تو و ناممکن است

نه مشروب
نه عشق زنان
نه پول
همتایش نیستند
جز نوشتن چیزی نجاتت نمی‌دهد

دیوارها را در برابر هجوم مغولان استوار نگه می‌دارد
تاریکی را نورانی می‌کند
نوشتن آخرین روان‌پزشک است
مهربان‌ترین خدا بین تمام خدایان است

نوشتن مرگ را می‌تاراند، ترکت نمی‌کند
و نوشتن می‌خندد
بر خودش
بر رنج
آخرین توقع است
آخرین تفسیر
نوشتن تمام این‌هاست”
― Charles Bukowski

“کلیدی
گوشه ای دور افتاده می گریست
برای اینکه دنبالش نگشته بودند
و با توپ
دروازه های شهر را گشودند...”
― Sherko Bekas

“No one should need to be big enough to destroy others and all of us must have to be powerful and resourceful enough to protect ourselves.”
― Zaman Ali, ZAMANISM Wealth of the People

“If you wake up in the morning, it is a good day.”
― Heather Morris, The Tattooist of Auschwitz

“It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it.”
― Maurice Switzer, Mrs. Goose, Her Book

“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

“There is no happiness like that of being loved by your fellow creatures, and feeling that your presence is an addition to their comfort.”
― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

“You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching,
Love like you'll never be hurt,
Sing like there's nobody listening,
And live like it's heaven on earth.”
― William W. Purkey

“Friendships take minutes to make, moments to break, years to repair.”
― Pierce Brown, Golden Son

“You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”
― Dr. Seuss

“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

“I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.”
― Marilyn Monroe

“Man only likes to count his troubles; he doesn't calculate his happiness.”
― Fyodor Dostoevsky, Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, and Selections from The House of the Dead