Amber Naeem > Amber's Quotes

“It was not the feeling of completeness I so needed, but the feeling of not being empty.”
― Jonathan Safran Foer, Everything is Illuminated

“We are so lightly here. It is in love that we are made. In love we disappear.”
― Leonard Cohen

“Allah Ki Mohabbat Ke Siwa, Har Mohabbat Ko Zawal Hai.
Rab Ki Mohabbat Ke Illawa Duniya Ki Koi Mohabbat Sachi Nahi,
Aur Rab Asliyat Dekha Deta Hai. Har Rishte, Har Mohabbat Ki.
Phir Wo Sab Kuch Dekha Ker Adami Se Kehta Hai,
"Ab Bata Tera Mere Siwa Kon Hai?”
― Umera Ahmed, Shahr E Zaat/شہر ذات

“Some are born virtuous, some become virtuous. To be good by nature is indeed fortunate but to become good is like walking on a double-edged sword; it takes a longer time and is more painful.”
― Umera Ahmed

“Kaisi Duniya Hai, Logon Ke Ajeeb-O-Gareeb Sawal Jawab Se Kitne Pareshaan Hain Aur,
Ek Din Jab Allah Tallh Sawal Jawab Karega Tou Uski Fikr Hi Nahi.
Ya Allah Khair.”
― Umera Ahmed, Shahr E Zaat/شہر ذات

“ What is next to ecstasy?
Pain.
What is next to pain?
Nothingness.
What is next to nothingness?
Hell .”
― Umera Ahmed

“I wish we lived like children. Run till you are out of breath, flop on the grass, stare at clouds, jump up again, chase a squirrel around every tree in the park, walk on your hands because the world looks different upside down, climb little hills and roll down the other side, do somersaults . . . just because you can. What do we do instead? We surround ourselves with all these big and small blinking screens, while our bodies and minds slowly forget how to tumble, how to wonder, how to live.”
― Twinkle Khanna, Mrs Funnybones: She's just like You and a lot like Me

“Our little satellite reached Mars because it was called MOM. If it was called DAD, it would still be circling the Earth, lost, but not willing to ask for directions.”
― Twinkle Khanna, Mrs Funnybones: She's just like You and a lot like Me

“We teach our children to study hard, to strive to succeed but do we teach them that it's okay to fail? That life is about accepting yourself? That there is no stigma in seeking help? Our Indian culture is based on worshipping our parents. We grow up listening to words like respect, obedience and tradition. Can we not add the words communication, unconditional love and support to this list?

I look at the WHO research. The highest rate of suicide in India is among the age group of 15 to 29. Do we even talk to our teens about this?

That evening, I am standing in the balcony, sipping some coffee and looking at the sunset. The children have taken the dogs and gone down to play on the beach. I spot my son. He is standing on the sand, right at the edge of the ocean and is flying a blue kite.

The kite goes high and then swings low till it almost seems to fall into the water and all I want to say to him is that soon he will see that life is just like flying a kite. Sometimes you have to leave it loose, sometimes you have to hold on tight, sometimes your kite will fly effortlessly, sometimes you will not be able to control it and even when you are struggling to keep it afloat and the string is cutting into your hand, don't let go.
The wind will change in your favour once again, my son. Just don't let go..”
― Twinkle Khanna, Mrs Funnybones

“After fourteen years of matrimony, I have discovered that hoping your other half telepathically reads your mind only leads to someone wanting to punch the other one in the face.”
― Twinkle Khanna, Mrs Funnybones: She's just like You and a lot like Me

“One day he will be in my place and what he will learn then is that trying and holding on are complicated and challenging things, but the most difficult thing in life is to love fiercely and then let go.”
― Twinkle Khanna, Mrs Funnybones: She's just like You and a lot like Me

“Our Indian culture is based on worshipping our parents. We grow up listening to words like ‘respect’, ‘obedience’ and ‘tradition’. Can we not add the words ‘communication’, ‘unconditional love’ and ‘support’ to this list?”
― Twinkle Khanna, Mrs Funnybones: She's just like You and a lot like Me

“Made in India is just a label coded in your genes. It is random chance that one is born within certain man-made boundaries, or is of a certain race, or of a certain religion, nothing more. So how does being born this side of a border or the other make any group of people better than another group? If God exists, then I doubt if He prefers people on the basis of their knowing Sanskrit or Urdu or English”
― Twinkle Khanna, Mrs Funnybones: She's just like You and a lot like Me

“دنیا‏ ‏عورت‏ ‏کے‏ ‏ماضی‏ ‏کو‏ ‏کبھی‏ ‏نہیں‏ ‏بھولتی.‏ ‏دنیا‏ ‏صرف‏ ‏مرد‏ ‏کے‏ ‏ماضی‏ ‏کو‏ ‏بھولتی‏ ‏ہے.‏"‏”
― Umera Ahmed, La Hasil/لا حاصل