Raafat Quotes & Sayings

Man can never know the loneliness a woman knows. Man lies in the woman's womb only to gather strength, he nourishes himself from this fusion, and then he rises and goes into the world, into his work, into battle, into art. He is not lonely. He is busy. The memory of the swim in amniotic fluid gives him energy, completion. Woman may be busy too, but she feels empty. Sensuality for her is not only a wave of pleasure in which she is bathed, and a charge of electric joy at contact with another. When man lies in her womb, she is fulfilled, each act of love a taking of man within her, an act of birth and rebirth, of child rearing and man bearing. Man lies in her womb and is reborn each time anew with a desire to act, to be. But for woman, the climax is not in the birth, but in the moment man rests inside of her. — Anais Nin

But more than that, he admired the way she'd always spoken her mind. He remembered that after they'd gone out a few times, he'd said to her what he said to all women he dated-that he wasn't ready for a steady relationship. Unlike the others, though, Allie had simply nodded and said, "Fine." But on her way out the door, she'd turned and said: "But your problem isn't me, or your job, or your freedom, or whatever else you think it is. Your problem is that you're alone. Your father made the Hammond name famous, and you've probably been compared to him all your life. You've never been your own person. A life like that makes you empty inside, and you're looking for someone who will magically fill that void. But no one can do that but you. — Nicholas Sparks

It wouldn't have been so bad if I hadn't been counting the minutes until I could forgive her. But it's a lot harder to forgive someone who's not looking to apologize. — Kimberly McCreight

No purchase is so urgent, no bargain so rare, that you don't have time to research it thoroughly, despite what they might have you believe. This applies, in particular, to infomercials that urge you to 'Call now, while supplies last,' or 'Call in the next 10 minutes for a free gift.' — Jean Chatzky

Nothing you did made sense
and nothing you'll ever do. — Michael Hogan

Anti-clericalism and non-belief, have their bigots just as orthodoxy does. — Julien Green

The knowledge of reincarnation assures us that life is worth living. Life is not a one-shot deal. It is forever. — Frederick Lenz

The territory between two people who were once soul mates but were no longer was akin to wandering into Pakistan's tribal region. — Marisha Pessl

The doctors, nurses, and I didn't cry because the bewildered husbands and stricken daughters were crying enough for all of us. — Hope Jahren

The only single guy driving a minivan is a guy whose mother bought the van 16 years ago. — Mike Pesca

My guilt was firm in their minds the moment my name was called, the moment my tongue was cut. — Julie Berry

Yes, evening will find itself in me, without me. — James Joyce