Afifi Quotes & Sayings

It drives me crazy when people know me well enough to remind me what I believe. — Tiffanie DeBartolo

Literature for me ... tries to heal the harm done by stories. (How much harm? Most of the atrocities of history have been created by stories, e.g., the Jews killed Jesus.) I follow Sartre that the freedom the author claims for herself must be shared with the reader. So that would mean that literature is stories that put themselves at the disposal of readers who want to heal themselves. Their healing power lies in their honesty, the freshness of their vision, the new and unexpected things they show, the increase in power and responsibility they give the reader. — Geoff Ryman

When we think of nonverbals, we think of how we judge others. ... We tend to forget, though, the other audience that's influenced by our nonverbals: ourselves. — Amy Cuddy

Guinea pigs are quite difficult to draw, I think, because they're so furry. — Quentin Blake

Age had taught him patience. Youth had taught me to get frustrated at the lack of progress. — Jeaniene Frost

When I want to explain why empowering girls and women is critical to fighting poverty, I often tell a person's story. It's easier to relate to a personal story than to global data telling us that the majority of the billion people who live on less than $2 per day are women and girls. We are often told to never treat a person like a statistic. — Helene D. Gayle

I grabbed my shot of tequila. Then I tossed it back. When I put my empty down to the bar and after I took in a deep breath, I informed her, I like you. I need a new best friend. I've added you to the top of a list that has one name. Yours. — Kristen Ashley

You can't talk to people like that. Soldiers, corporate execs, politicians. All you can do is kill them, and even that rarely makes things any better. They just leave their shit behind, and someone else to carry on. — Richard K. Morgan

I always tried to design something new and of the moment. The idea was not to make something that would last, but to make something a woman could really wear when she needed it, like a good friend. — Pauline Trigere

He'd walked into her life, and everything had changed. He'd found her; she'd found him - and all those dark places inside both of them had gotten a little smaller, a little brighter. — J.D. Robb

The process of book writing for me is entirely one of trial and error. — Geoff Dyer

Mhisery found comfort in the fact Quinn saw her as a woman. He saw past the tattoos, the piercings, and the attitude. She had built walls around her heart since her mother's death; fearing if she let anyone in she would lose herself. If she let anyone in they would see her dysfunctional family, and would look down on her for it. She didn't want anyone to see the man her father had become. She wanted them to remember him as he was before her mother died, and he lost his mind - along with the will to live. — Shyloh Morgan

The past is filled with pain,
the present with trouble,
and the future with opportunity. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Nobody thinks identically on Syria. But we share the same view with Russia that the future of the personalities in Syria will be determined by the people of Syria and not by people outside Syria. — Mohammad Javad Zarif