Pekai Quotes & Sayings

Her name Toor Pekai means "raven tresses — Malala Yousafzai

I never got into MMA to be famous, I got into it to compete and pursue athletic aspirations. They were my pure intentions. I came from a true sport, an Olympic background, winning multiple national, international and Olympic medals. So I entered MMA as a sport. — Matt Lindland

Suddenly, she doesn't want to die. She has no real reason not to, no sudden revelation, except that it's equally pointless to die as not to die. Why doesn't she die? She lives because she's meant to live, because she's already alive and it's comparatively easy to stay that way. She lives because, even though she doesn't know what it is, there must be a reason why she's here in the first place. She lives because either she's not as brave as all the dead girls who've gone before her, or she's actually braver - it's hard to tell. — A.M. Homes

If men could only know each other, they would neither idolize nor hate. — Elbert Hubbard

The best way to get quiet, other than the combination of extensive therapy, Prozac, and a lobotomy, is first to notice that the station is on. KFKD [K-Fucked] is on every single morning when I sit down at my desk. So I sit for a moment and then say a small prayer
please help me get out of the way so I can write what wants to be written. Sometimes ritual quiets the racket. Try it. Any number of things may work for you
an altar, for instance, or votive candles, sage smudges, small-animal sacrifices, especially now that the Supreme Court has legalized them. — Anne Lamott

Free speech has been used by the Supreme Court to give immense power to the wealthiest members of our society. — Noam Chomsky

Anyone who follows me on Twitter knows that I am a massive Frank [Turner] fanboy. — Timothy Omundson

We know of officers who develop inappropriate relationships with victims of domestic abuse. They have ignored their professional duty and their moral responsibility. — Theresa May

Embrace your past, but live for now — Beyonce Knowles

Those who, relying upon themselves only, not looking for assistance to anyone besides themselves, it is they who will reach the top-most height. — Gautama Buddha

To be effortlessly yourself is a blessing, an ambrosia. It is like a few tiny little puffs of opium which lift you ever so slightly off the hard surface of the world. — Laurie Colwin

It is really hard to be lonely very long in a world of words. Even if you don't have friends somewhere, you still have language, and it will find you and wrap its little syllables around you and suddenly there will be a story to live in. — Naomi Shihab Nye

My father consulted my mother on everything. "Pekai, help me resolve my confusion on this," he would say. — Malala Yousafzai