Salmieri Stephen Quotes & Sayings

Modern Arabic literature achieved international recognition when Mahfouz was awarded the Nobel prize in 1988 ( ... ) Mahfouz also rendered Arabic literature a great service by developing, over the years, a form of language in which many of the archaisms and cliches that had become fashionable were discarded, a language that could serve as an adequate instrument for the writing of fiction in these times. — Denys Johnson-Davies

Humility bids us to take ourselves as we are; we do not have to be cosmically significant to be genuinely significant. — Patricia Churchland

Choose thoughts that give you the emotions of being alive and excited about life. — Bryant McGill

In essence, you make your choices, and then your choices make you. — Darren Hardy

It's annoying to be disapproved of by people who know only half the story, especially when you're not sure which half they know. — Robert Breault

On the third day after someone dies, the soul comes back to settle scores. In my mother's case, this would be the first day of the lunar new year. And because it is the new year, all debts must be paid, or disaster and misfortune will follow. — Amy Tan