Joya Quotes & Sayings

You want a wild ride, J.J.? I'll give it to you, hard and slow until you scream my name. — Joya Ryan

People who look the other way when they see these war criminals are smaller criminals themselves. — Malalai Joya

I'm an accomplice to helping women get what they want. — John Galliano

I've held onto Ugg boots. I will never graduate to Crocs, but Ugg boots are always and forever. That's my fashion stepchild. — Johnny Weir

You're gonna have to hold on tight, because this rodeo is just getting started. — Joya Ryan

I don't fear death; I fear remaining silent in the face of injustice. I am young and I want to live. But I say to those who would eliminate my voice: I am ready, wherever and whenever you might strike. You can cut down the flower, but nothing can stop the coming of the spring. — Malalai Joya

You're here covering the murders, bad girl," Jackie continued. "Adora must hate that. Sleeping in her house with your dirty little brain. ( ... ) Course before Adora took it over, we all slept over at Joya's house with our dirty little brains. Same house, different crazy lady running it. — Gillian Flynn

Blay thought of the text that he didn't intend to ignore. "You suck." "Yes, I do, don't I." Qhuinn licked his lips. "And you like me to. — J.R. Ward

In some big cities [in Pakistan] some women have access to a job and education - but the UN reported that more than 5 million girls cannot go to school. It's become an open secret. In some big cities they build schools to deceive people around the world, while the level of education remains very low, and even when they can go to school there is no security. — Malalai Joya

I saw the way she looked at you. You are life and breath for her."
He's wrong about that. Elisa loves fiercely, it's true. But she loves with her heart and mind. If she comes for me, it will be part of a larger plan to rescue all of Joya. — Rae Carson

If I should die, and you should choose to carry on my work, you are welcome to visit my grave. Pour some water on it and shout three times. I want to hear your voice. — Malalai Joya

Rights are not easy to obtain, and once we understand this, we must work attentively and persistently - and never become careless or lazy. — Malalai Joya

Even if they were trained fighters, they'd likely be as pathetic as the rest of Joya d'Arena's military."
"Our pathetic military defeated yours in a single battle," I snap, before remembering that Storm is probably goading me for personal amusement.
"No, my dear Queen, you did," he says. "You and your Godstone. — Rae Carson

In cheap years, it is pretended, workmen are generally more idle, and in dear ones more industrious than ordinary. A plentiful subsistence, therefore, it has been concluded, relaxes, and a scanty one quickens their industry. That a little more plenty than ordinary may render some workmen idle, cannot well be doubted; but that it should have this effect upon the greater part, or that men in general should work better when they are ill fed than when they are well fed, when they are disheartened than when they are in good spirits, when they are frequently sick than when they are generally in good health, seems not very probable. Years of dearth, it is to be observed, are generally among the common people years of sickness and mortality, which cannot fail to diminish the produce of their industry. — Adam Smith

Psalm 100 Theme: An invitation to enter joyfully into God's presence. His faithfulness extends to our generation and beyond. Author: Anonymous A psalm. For giving grateful praise. 1Shout for joya to the LORD, all the earth. 2Worship the LORDb with gladness; come before himc with joyful songs. 3Know that the LORD is God.d It is he who made us,e and we are hisa; we are his people,f the sheep of his pasture.g 4Enter his gates with thanksgivingh and his courtsi with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name.j 5For the LORD is goodk and his love endures forever;l his faithfulnessm continues through all generations. — Anonymous

I am never frightened when I tell the truth. — Malalai Joya

Day by day, it's worse for my people, especially for the women. And that's why, because of all of these main reasons, we say this is the mockery of democracy and mockery of War on Terror. — Malalai Joya

Touch'd with miseries
She seem'd at once, some penanced lady elf,
Some demon's mistress, or the demon's self.
- Lamia (John Keats) — John Keats

I've never bowed to anyone, but will gladly live the rest of my life on my knees before you, if you'll be mine. — Joya Ryan

I must say, cowboy, I'm impressed. I was worried you could only handle eight seconds at a time. — Joya Ryan

Woe to me if I should prove myself but a halfhearted soldier in the service of my thorn-crowned Captain. — Fidelis Of Sigmaringen

Oh, yeah? So what? You wanna play Name That Complex? One quick lay while you command me to call you Daddy?" Katelyn asked "No. I want to sink my cock into you so deep that you scream with pleasure and call me lover." Adam responds then adds "And there will be nothing quick about it. — Joya Ryan

Democracy never comes by the barrel of a gun, or by cluster bombs. — Malalai Joya

The winner of this election will be like same donkey, new saddle. — Malalai Joya

You want something, you go after it, and you hang on to it — Joya Ryan

They will kill me but they will not kill my voice, because it will be the voice of all Afghan women. You can cut the flower, but you cannot stop the coming of spring. — Malalai Joya

I am Queen of Joya d'Arena and bearer of a living Godstone. I kneel to no one. - Elisa — Rae Carson

Need to learn a lot from God's Gift. — Emma Brynsteinein

You use elements of noir, but you don't want it to be too noir-ish. You don't want it to be advertised as though you're asking people to go and watch an updated noir. I don't think they'll go do that. They want to see a modern story. — Danny Boyle

Paris, the FedEx deliveryman of Pleasure and Fatality. — Gena Showalter

I think empathy is a guy who punches you in the face at a bus station, and you're somehow able to look at that him and know enough about what situation he was in to know that he had to do that and not to hit back. That's empathy, and nothing ever happens in writing that has that kind of moral heroism about it. — John Jeremiah Sullivan

It doesn't matter who's voting, it matters who's counting. — Malalai Joya

People say the war in Iraq is a bad war, and the war in Afghanistan is a good war, but what's the difference between them? Democratic people around the world cannot accept that this is a good war. This is just endless war. — Malalai Joya

Nyx rubbed the ointment onto her new, darker skin. She was nearly as dark as Suha now. She supposed it would protect her from more cancers, but it was funny-looking. At least her face was the same. At least her face didn't look Chenjan.
I'm never going to get laid again, Nyx thought. — Kameron Hurley

My country is still in chains of bloody and terrorist fundamentalists. The situation in Afghanistan and conditions of its ill-fated women will never change positively, as long as the warlords are not disarmed and BOTH the pro-US and anti-US terrorists are removed from the political scene of Afghanistan — Malalai Joya