Diva > Diva's Quotes

“I can promise you books and conversation and all my heart.”
― Gabrielle Zevin, The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry

“A field is empty, but if you put in the effort to grow something then you will have a garden. And that’s life. Give something, something will come back. Give nothing, nothing will come back. To grow a flower is a miracle: it means you can grow more. Remember that a flower is not just a flower, it is the start of a whole garden.”
― Eddie Jaku, The Happiest Man on Earth

“I may not find joy every day. Some days will just be hard, and I will simply exist, and that’s okay, too. No one should have to be happy all the time—no one can be, with the ways in which life throws curveballs at us. On those days, it’s important not to mourn the lack of joy but to remember how it feels, to remember that to feel at all is one of the greatest gifts we have in life. When that doesn’t work, we can remind ourselves that the absence of joy isn’t permanent; it’s just the way life works sometimes. The reality of disability and joy means accepting that not every day is good but every day has openings for small pockets of joy.”
― Alice Wong, Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-first Century

“I pictured a life of upscale simplicity. A life in which we achieve the things we set up to achieve, we get what we want without disturbing other people's peace.”
― Ore Agbaje-Williams, The Three of Us

“I am always half in life, half in a fantastical version of it in my head.”
― Dolly Alderton, Everything I Know About Love

“Sometimes, making the world a better place just involves creating space for the people who are already in it.”
― Jodi Picoult, Mad Honey

“When you think about all the infinitely many galaxies and combinations of DNA, and against all those odds you meet this person - it's a miracle...'
'Right,' I said. I couldn't imagine viewing Bill's presence on Earth as any kind of a miracle, but wasn't that itself the miracle - that love really was an obscure and unfathomable connection between individuals, and not an economic contest where everyone was matched up by how quantifiably lovable they are?”
― Elif Batuman, The Idiot

“...but if your heart is open, she thought with a sigh, it doesn't matter how smart you are, how cautious, whether you move so fast, if you're weak or strong, how good. If you leave the door open, someone's going to find their way in”
― Vanessa Walters, The Nigerwife

“What does one person give to another? He gives of himself, of the most precious he has, he gives of his life. This does not necessarily mean that he sacrifices his life for the other—but that he gives him of that which is alive in him; he gives him of his joy, of his interest, of his understanding, of his knowledge, of his humor, of his sadness—of all expressions and manifestations of that which is alive in him. In thus giving of his life, he enriches the other person, he enhances the other's sense of aliveness by enhancing his own sense of aliveness. He does not give in order to receive; giving is in itself exquisite joy. But in giving he cannot help bringing something to life in the other person, and this which is brought to life reflects back to him.”
― Erich Fromm, The Art of Loving

“Saying "No" holds what you don't want to you. Saying "Yes" to what you don't want releases your resistance, allowing what you don't want to change. It's counterintuitive, but it's how it works.  When you say, "No, I don't want this," you're resisting, and as you've come to understand, whatever your resist persists.”
― Rhonda Byrne, The Greatest Secret

“With persons of intent, purpose and commitment, miracles are a natural result of daily practice.”
― Vimala Rodgers, Your Handwriting Can Change Your Life!

“There have been so many times when I was scared to speak up because I was afraid somebody would think I was crazy. But I’ve learned that lesson now, the hard way. You have to speak the thing that you’re feeling, even if it scares you. You have to tell your story. You have to raise your voice.”
― Britney Spears, The Woman in Me

“An openness to the truth, no matter what the consequences, no matter where it leads you and when you don't even know where it's going to lead you. That's faith.”
― Anthony de Mello, Awareness: The Perils and Opportunities of Reality

“It is a truth universally acknowledged that one brilliant woman in history indicates a previously unstudied network of other brilliant women.”
― Bea Koch, Mad and Bad: Real Heroines of the Regency

“People in the west must always remember that the energy they vibrate sends a message that only certain people will respond to. They must make their intention clear while looking for someone, and they must keep their clarity once an intimate relationship is established. They must constantly check themselves to make sure they are staying in alignment with their true selves.”
― Sobonfu Somé, The Spirit of Intimacy: Ancient African Teachings in the Ways of Relationships

“What if female arousal is just the belief that you will not die at this mans hands?”
― Noor Naga, If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English

“What if the longer things take the better they are...what if instead of chasing youth and lost time we could embrace the aging process? Making space for our lives to get better and better as they go along...”
― Gladys McGarey, The Well-Lived Life: A 102-Year-Old Doctor's Six Secrets to Health and Happiness at Every Age

“While “intention” is a magnet that attracts what we want, “letting go” provides the space for our desire to manifest.”
― Barbara Stanny, Secrets of Six-Figure Women

“The truth is, when we pass someone up because the timing is wrong, what we are really saying is that we don’t care to spend our time on that person...when someone is right for us, we make the time to let them into our lives. And that kind of timing is always right.”
― Heidi Priebe, This Is Me Letting You Go