Saints and Misfits Quotes

“The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.”
― S.K. Ali, Saints and Misfits

“The shame should have been all his but I chose to carry it around this whole time.”
― S.K. Ali, Saints and Misfits

“the why you do something is important.”
― S.K. Ali, Saints and Misfits

“There are diverse ways of reading texts, depending on who you are. We all access books differently.”
― S.K. Ali, Saints and Misfits

“Sometimes people who appear great can be the real deal. The husk, the fruit, and the kernel align.”
― S.K. Ali, Saints and Misfits

“Mr. Ram was a dedicated person—that means he didn’t let go of the things that were important to him. He was dedicated to Seniors Games Club every week. He got dressed up to go. Everyone knew he was serious about spending time with his friends, that’s how dressed up he was. He was dedicated to people. Even though he was a serious person, with a lot on his mind, he made sure to let you know he remembered you. Always. He smiled at jokes even if they were only sort of funny. He remembered that it was a person who was telling the joke, so he smiled for that person. He was dedicated to reading good books, even if they were from another generation or didn’t make complete sense to him. He read the first Harry Potter when he was ninety years old because someone told him it was good. He would have read the rest of the series if that someone had been able to find the large-type versions in the library for him.* He smiled one of his loudest smiles ever at the Shel Silverstein poem about a pet snowball. But his favorite Shel Silverstein poem was “The Little Boy and the Old Man.” Like the old man in the poem, he was dedicated to someone too, dedicated to helping her find out what the really important things for her were. What she should be dedicated to. She misses him but was happy to have had someone like him in her life. Thank you, Mr. Ram, for the warmth of your hand. *Someone still regrets that they didn’t find the rest of the HP books for him.”
― S.K. Ali, Saints and Misfits

“Why we do an action is what determines its quality. A quality action or not.”
― S.K. Ali, Saints and Misfits

“The same three non-Muslims show up to our open house every year. They get serenaded as though they're royalty because we get to post "Mosque Opens Door to Greater Community, and THEY CAME!”
― S.K. Ali, Saints and Misfits

“Life doesn’t end. It can start again.”
― S.K. Ali, Saints and Misfits

“Because when we just do things without a why, we become husks. Easily crumpled, no fruit inside.”
― S.K. Ali, Saints and Misfits

“Because when we do things without a why, we become husks. Easily crumpled, no fruit inside.”
― S.K. Ali, Saints and Misfits

“We’re two sad and angry women, about to wreak vengeance on one unsuspecting monster.”
― S.K. Ali, Saints and Misfits

“I wish there were a way to still my heart. It feels like it’s not mine and wants out of my body. I seal it shut with another shrug”
― S.K. Ali, Saints and Misfits

“It’s hard sometimes to move in obscurity when everyone else around you is so Instagram worthy. Even the person who’s telling you not to care so much about looking great”
― S.K. Ali, Saints and Misfits

“I need an eraser that fills the entire screen of my brain.”
― S.K. Ali, Saints and Misfits

“A ‘No’ uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a ‘Yes’ merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble”
― S.K. Ali, Saints and Misfits