Saba Mahmood Quotes & Sayings

I said I fell down.
Ah. The ground bloodied your nose, split yer lip, and punched ye in th' eye, all at once.
I said I don't want to talk about it. — Tamora Pierce

If I were a doctor, I would diagnose his condition thus: "The patient is suffering from nostalgic insufficiency. — Milan Kundera

You always say oh, that's so unprofessional as though there's some definition of professional that's also a moral imperative for how to behave. — Miriam Toews

It takes tremendous discipline to control the influence, the power you have over other people's lives. — Clint Eastwood

His lips formed a cruel smile as he leaned forward to whisper into her ear. "I could have let you die up there. In fact, I'm not altogether of one mind why I didn't ... Oh, that's right. You have something I want." He took his free hand and gently stroked the side of her cheek, running his fingers over her lips. The move sent an unwilling shiver through her until his fingers moved under her chin. "I want that dagger. — Chanda Hahn

He understood terrible purposes. They drove against all odds. They were their own necessity. Paul felt that he had been infected with terrible purpose. He did not know yet what the terrible purpose was. — Frank Herbert

If he who has control of men ought not to control the laws, then he who controls the laws ought not control men: otherwise his laws would minister to his passions.. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau

People have criticised me because my security detail is larger than the president's. But you must ask yourself: are there more people who want to kill me than who want to kill the president? I can assure you there are. — Marion Barry

Women were seldom given quality assignments or adequate air time. — Jessica Savitch