Jyoti Quotes & Sayings

There is a Bollywood actor, Salman Khan, and I'd like to act alongside him - whatever the film. — Jyoti Amge

I think so much
may be it never ends
when this night ends
there's another at hand
I sleep with one
and wake with one
with everything else on
this life goes on. — Jyoti Mishra

No book can be written till it wants to be written, till it shouts to be written, and raises up a persistent din in the writer's head. And then, if you want peace, you just have to pull it out and freeze it in print. Nothing less would do. — Jyoti Arora

I dream a dream that won't let me sleep. and yet I can't let it go either. Hope & fears are playing a tug-of-war, and I'm the rope in between. — Jyoti Arora

Regular people should not underestimate people who are small. In every aspect, they can do the things that normal people can. — Jyoti Amge

It's hard for me to reach things. It's good I have brothers and sisters to help. — Jyoti Amge

The worst part about being so small is that I always have to rely on someone. I can't go anywhere on my own, so I'm always dependent. I can't run or walk too fast. If I was taller for a day, I'd just go off on my own independently. — Jyoti Amge

I feel grateful to be this size; after all, if I weren't small and had not achieved these world records, I might never have been able to visit Japan and Europe and many other wonderful countries. — Jyoti Amge

People like me might be small in stature, but they can also act. — Jyoti Amge

Pain is not a medallion that you must weigh your bosom with,
it's a force you must fight against and never, never let it win — Jyoti Arora

Dreams are one treasure that God has bestowed on everyone without any discrimination. — Jyoti Arora

It is not very often that an opportunity comes knocking. But when it does, you better be bathed and dressed and ready to answer its call. — Jyoti Arora

I would like to be an actress in Hollywood and win an Oscar. The only difference is my height. — Jyoti Amge

Tonight we light these candles to honor the value and the work of Jyoti Singh's short, promising life, she was India's daughter. Tonight she's our daughter too. — Meryl Streep

Creativity is a magic wand that works two ways. When you set it in action and seek to create something, it does not just brings into existence that object or work, it also raises in your heart a dream, a hope, and a will to achieve that creation. And when all else seems lost and steeped in hopelessness, the magic of creativity can still keep you going. For when all else seem dark, an urge to create something would still give you an aim to look forward to. And if you just take hold of this urge, it will take hold of you and see you through even the darkest times. Like it did to me. — Jyoti Arora

One of the problems with being famous is people mob you wherever you go. Many of them ask very irritating questions. If I were not the shortest woman in the world, I would not have become famous. — Jyoti Amge

Writing a novel is like trying to solve a jigsaw puzzle whose pieces aren't even fixed in shape. Yet, somehow, they all come together in the end to form the complete picture. — Jyoti Arora

Everybody loves me so much, they just want to carry me around. Sometimes I think to myself, 'When am I going to stand, because I'm being carried all day?' — Jyoti Amge

I don't let everyone pick me up. I only let myself be picked up by whomever I want to be picked up by. — Jyoti Amge

I'm not looking for a boyfriend - but if I was, he'd have to be prepared to carry me around everywhere. — Jyoti Amge

Writers are like actors too. For every story we create, we must get under the skin of the characters and role play with our writing. — Jyoti Arora

I am proud of being small. — Jyoti Amge

When people see me on TV, they become very happy because they don't have to interact with me. When they start interacting with me, they ask me questions like I'm a baby or treat me like I'm a baby and hold me like I'm a baby, and that's what they do wrong, really. — Jyoti Amge

It might be a dungeon
of suffering and pain full
yet this life is worth living
and this world is beautiful. — Jyoti Arora

I don't like it if I am being held like a baby. If someone holds me normally, and I'm not being coddled, I feel much more comfortable. — Jyoti Amge

Life really is a most whimsical thing. While we consistently try and chart its route, it goes ahead and takes its own turn. Just follow the paths it lays out before you. And you may find, at some sudden turn, a miracle waiting just for you. — Jyoti Arora

A book is not just paper and ink, it's a world full of dreams, imaginations, knowledge, awakening, emboldening and a lot, lot more invaluable treasures. Gift your child a book - introduce them to the joy of reading. — Jyoti Arora