Shaista Quotes & Sayings

All you can do, he thought, is fight to stay alive, to stay conscious, to remain a witness and hope somehow there is a meaning to it. — Anne Rice

Our friendship, for example, and how quickly we passed through each other, from fascinated strangers to loyal chums to relics of each other's world. We'd been pawns of proximity, choiceless as brothers. — Sam Lipsyte

You see. No shock. No engulfment. No tearing assunder. What you feared would come like an explosion is like a whisper. What you thought was the end is the beginning. — Rod Serling

As a democratic Socialist profoundly committed to the rule of law, I could not condone, let alone encourage, defiance of the law. — Anthony Crosland

I never dwell on what I've personally achieved. — Lubna Olayan

Faith is secured by adversity, but endangered by security. — Margaret Jensen

I'm definitely bicoastal, but I have to say, it's easier to live in New York than in L.A. I feel like people respect other people's space a bit more here. Everyone has the right to that freedom, right? Everyone has that right. It's freezing in New York right now. In L.A., it's sunny. But I would choose freezing over being followed. — Mary-Kate Olsen

The child should have the advantage of ignorance as well as of knowledge, and is fortunate if he gets his share of neglect and exposure. — Henry David Thoreau

They are all black and white and she is color. She is all my colors. — Lauren Blakely

The action most worth watching is not at the center of things, but where edges meet. — Anne Fadiman

You can say a lot of things about me, but you can never say I don't take risks. — Diego Maradona

This new edition of the book adds coverage of exciting new research - particularly on animation and video - that has appeared since the previous edition was published in 2003. This new edition also expands coverage of graphics using new media such as mobile learning and virtual worlds. You will also find that this new edition is more concise and visually appealing than the previous edition; yet it retains the same basic structure and message. — Ruth Colvin Clark

Everyone can walk and talk. Your job is to create magic. — Martin Landau

I figure this current era of history is the one with the best chance of quality of life for a black, female, disabled, middle-aged, queer person who's most comfortable not fitting in. The odds still aren't great, mind you. But I'll take my chances with the 21st century. — Nalo Hopkinson