Nadiah > Nadiah's Quotes

“So many books, so little time.”
― Frank Zappa

“Make it a rule never to give a child a book you would not read yourself.”
― George Bernard Shaw

“If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.”
― Stephen King

“No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader.”
― Robert Frost

“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”
― Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

“We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect.”
― Anais Nin

“Easy reading is damn hard writing.”
― Nathaniel Hawthorne

“Belief means nothing without actions”
― Randa Abdel-Fattah, Does My Head Look Big In This?

“You are your best thing”
― Toni Morrison, Beloved

“He wants to put his story next to hers.”
― Toni Morrison, Beloved

“I write the way women have babies. You don't know it's going to be like that. If you did, there's no way you would go through with it.”
― Toni Morrison

“Grab a book, coz reading is wound healing. - ME”
― Nadiah Alwi

“When you have friends, don’t expect your friends to fill your emptiness. When you get married, don’t expect your spouse to fulfill your every need. When you’re an activist, don’t put your hope in the results. When you’re in trouble don’t depend on yourself. Don’t depend on people. Depend on Allah.”
― Yasmin Mogahed