Transfer Quotes

“the years go by, we find our doors and windows. Some are always open, some never were.”
― Naomi Shihab Nye, Transfer

“Maybe it’s our duty to be shaped a hundred times by the same stories. We think we’re telling them but really they’re keeping us alive,”
― Naomi Shihab Nye, Transfer

“I don't know if my father can hear me. But it is important to pretend he can./ My sanity rests in that. The man he was can hear the daughter I am.”
― Naomi Shihab Nye, Transfer

“No test can measure anything important.   On”
― Naomi Shihab Nye, Transfer

“Work on what you love, your needs will be met.   No”
― Naomi Shihab Nye, Transfer

“Grief is an ambush. You’re walking along feeling fine, look down, see a leaf, and begin to weep. —Jack”
― Naomi Shihab Nye, Transfer

“This is one of the many things Americans don’t understand about Iraq. Kill a member of the tribe, the whole tribe now hates you. How could they not? The Americans think they hate you today, thank you tomorrow.”
― Naomi Shihab Nye, Transfer

“The sea, the sky, the air see us as trouble.   They’re right of course. We see each other as the landmarks of a day.   History doesn’t see us. It doesn’t see us at all.   From this we should draw one ounce of relief. At”
― Naomi Shihab Nye, Transfer