alhamma’s most recent Quotables

"If we take the generally accepted definition of bravery as a quality which knows no fear, I have never seen a brave man. All men are frightened. The more intelligent they are, the more they are frightened."

A strong woman takes risks, takes compliments and tries not to take herself too seriously.

What makes life worth living is knowing that one day you'll wake up and find the person that makes you happier than anything in the whole world. So don't ever lose hope and give up, everything turns out okay and the good guys always wins.

They say: you don't know what you've got until it's gone. Truth: You knew exactly what you had, you just never thought you'd lose it.

I wanted a perfect ending. Now I've learned, the hard way, that some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity.

If you go home with somebody and they don't have books in their house, don't sleep with them. I think that's very important.

A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.

Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.

It is ineffective and unfair for the school to treat all children the same... In order to really treat children equally, one has to treat them differently.

"You tell 'em I'm coming! And Hell's coming with me you hear! Hell's coming with me!"

What you're supposed to do when you don't like a thing is change it. If you can't change it, change the way you think about it. Don't complain.

There is no agony like bearing an untold story inside of you.

In all the world, there is no heart for me like yours. In all the world, there is no love for you like mine.

The first time someone shows you who they are, believe them.

I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.

I’ve learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way he or she handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights.

You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I'll rise.

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

Education -- if you make the most of it and you study hard and you do your homework, and you make an effort to be smart, you can do well. If you don't, you get stuck in Iraq.

I'm beautiful in my way
'Cause God makes no mistakes
I'm on the right track baby
I was born this way