Amani Abdallah > Amani's Quotes

“Never tell your problems to anyone...20% don't care and the other 80% are glad you have them.”
― Lou Holtz

“Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.”
― Ambrose Bierce

“Always have something to say. The man who has something to say and who is known never to speak unless he has, is sure to be listened to.”
― Dale Carnegie

“The longer you remain distant, the deeper, wider, and darker the chasm becomes making it all the more difficult to bridge.”
― Ken Poirot

“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

“silence is the language of god,
all else is poor translation.”
― Rumi

“I don't think..." then you shouldn't talk, said the Hatter.”
― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

“Cry. Forgive. Learn. Move on. Let your tears water the seeds of your future happiness.”
― Steve Maraboli

“Laugh, even when you feel too sick or too worn out or tired.
Smile, even when you're trying not to cry and the tears are blurring your vision.
Sing, even when people stare at you and tell you your voice is crappy.
Trust, even when your heart begs you not to.
Twirl, even when your mind makes no sense of what you see.
Frolick, even when you are made fun of. Kiss, even when others are watching. Sleep, even when you're afraid of what the dreams might bring.
Run, even when it feels like you can't run any more.
And, always, remember, even when the memories pinch your heart. Because the pain of all your experience is what makes you the person you are now. And without your experience---you are an empty page, a blank notebook, a missing lyric. What makes you brave is your willingness to live through your terrible life and hold your head up high the next day. So don't live life in fear. Because you are stronger now, after all the crap has happened, than you ever were back before it started.”
― Alysha Speer

“Whenever she felt like crying, she would instead become angry—at someone else or at herself—which meant that it was rare for her to shed tears.”
― Haruki Murakami, 1Q84

“Does it make you feel big to make a little boy cry?”
― Neil Gaiman, The Ocean at the End of the Lane

“My daddy said, that the first time you fall in love, it changes you forever and no matter how hard you try, that feeling just never goes away.”
― Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook

“I want all of you, forever, you and me, everyday”
― Nicholas Sparks

“We live in a society where we wake up our kids for schools but not for Fajr.”
― Nouman Ali Khan

“The definition of Ar-Rahman: The fact that we only take from Allah and He only gives; we never thank but He still gives; we rarely remember Him but He still increases in love for us.”
― Nouman Ali Khan

“You can’t master the Quran, it masters you.”
― Nouman Ali Khan

“A woman who cuts her hair is about to change her life.”
― Coco Chanel

“You know what's the rage this year? ...Hats.”
― Bill Watterson, The Complete Calvin and Hobbes

“An afro is a poor man’s haircut.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Every barber thinks everybody needs a haircut.”
― M.F. Moonzajer

“Oh you cut your hair! What happened? Are you going through a breakup or something?"

"My favorite character died.”
― Joyce Rachelle

“Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.”
― George Orwell, 1984

“War is peace.
Freedom is slavery.
Ignorance is strength.”
― George Orwell, 1984

“The best books... are those that tell you what you know already.”
― George Orwell, 1984

“If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself.”
― George Orwell, 1984

“It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.”
― George Orwell, 1984

“We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness.”
― George Orwell, 1984

“The world is like a ride in an amusement park, and when you choose to go on it you think it's real because that's how powerful our minds are. The ride goes up and down, around and around, it has thrills and chills, and it's very brightly colored, and it's very loud, and it's fun for a while. Many people have been on the ride a long time, and they begin to wonder, "Hey, is this real, or is this just a ride?" And other people have remembered, and they come back to us and say, "Hey, don't worry; don't be afraid, ever, because this is just a ride." And we … kill those people. "Shut him up! I've got a lot invested in this ride, shut him up! Look at my furrows of worry, look at my big bank account, and my family. This has to be real." It's just a ride. But we always kill the good guys who try and tell us that, you ever notice that? And let the demons run amok … But it doesn't matter, because it's just a ride. And we can change it any time we want. It's only a choice. No effort, no work, no job, no savings of money. Just a simple choice, right now, between fear and love. The eyes of fear want you to put bigger locks on your doors, buy guns, close yourself off. The eyes of love instead see all of us as one. Here's what we can do to change the world, right now, to a better ride. Take all that money we spend on weapons and defenses each year and instead spend it feeding and clothing and educating the poor of the world, which it would pay for many times over, not one human being excluded, and we could explore space, together, both inner and outer, forever, in peace.”
― Bill Hicks

“What is the point of literature? I think that the person who asks that question will not find my answer convincing anyway”
― Abdulrazak Gurnah, Gravel Heart

“Sometimes I think it is my fate to live in the wreckage and confusion of crumbling houses.”
― Abdulrazak Gurnah, By the Sea