Urdu Essays Quotes & Sayings

You say that love is nonsense ... I tell you it is no such thing. For weeks and months it is a steady physical pain, an ache about the heart, never leaving one, by night or by day; a long strain on one's nerves like toothache or rheumatism, not intolerable at any one instant, but exhausting by its steady drain on the strength. — Henry Adams

For the 'Rai-kirah' books, I began with the image of Aleksander riding the great wastelands, and that quickly morphed into the desert. Because I wanted my slave market cold and miserable, I chose to set the opening scene in the empire's summer capital in the mountains. — Carol Berg

I first came across her [Bae Suah] when I read some elderly male critic castigating her for 'doing violence to the Korean language', which of course was catnip to me, especially as I'd recently discovered Lispector doing pretty much the same to Portuguese. — Deborah Smith

The changes of a fevered room are slow and fluctuating; but the changes of the fevered world are rapid and irrevocable. — Charles Dickens

I have very set and consistent principles, but I am flexible on tactics. I like to get the job done. — Madeleine Albright

This is a woman you've known less than twelve hours. It took you a year to pick out a couch, but you're seriously - "
"Yes," Roger said. "She's the one. — Jennifer Crusie

Ishmael Beah was born and spent his childhood in Sierra Leone as that sad but beautiful West African country was ravaged by a civil war that left some 50,000 dead between 1991 and 2002. He was a child soldier for a while, then, through extraordinary circumstances, was set free of that life. — Carolyn See

I'm of the old-fashioned opinion that shame can be used for all sorts of good in society. An example of this is smoking: When someone lights up around a crowd, people now usually say something. So I don't understand why it's not OK to apply the same logic to other behaviors. — Keli Goff

I am not going to say I have never spoken with Bill Simmons because I have. I respect him greatly. — Katie Nolan

You're worth every bad thing that's ever happened to me, because going through them led me to you. — Samantha Young

Gestures are all that I have; sometimes they must be grand in nature. — Garth Stein

Rested, Refreshed, and Ready to run, the three Rs of peak performance. — Hal Higdon

That is not just the story of Israel. It's the story of humanity. It's the story of my life and your life. — John Piper