Joya Quotes

#1. I am Queen of Joya d'Arena and bearer of a living Godstone. I kneel to no one. - Elisa

Rae Carson

#2. I saw the way she looked at you. You are life and breath for her."
He's wrong about that. Elisa loves fiercely, it's true. But she loves with her heart and mind. If she comes for me, it will be part of a larger plan to rescue all of Joya.

Rae Carson

#3. You're here covering the murders, bad girl," Jackie continued. "Adora must hate that. Sleeping in her house with your dirty little brain. ( ... ) Course before Adora took it over, we all slept over at Joya's house with our dirty little brains. Same house, different crazy lady running it.

Gillian Flynn

#4. I'm obviously not a rapper, and I don't have any claims to be one, really.

Al Yankovic

#5. I'm sorry, I mouthed to him before I said out loud, The file's exactly where it should be. Stuck so far up your ass that it'll never see the light of day again.

Aimee Carter

#6. I've become convinced that our lives are shaped less by the mistakes we make than when we make them. There is less elasticity now. Less time to bounce back. And so I heed the urgent whisper and move with greater and greater deliberation.

Dani Shapiro

#7. We have to think about affirmative action and craft it in such a way where some of our children who are advantaged aren't getting more favorable treatment than a poor white kid who has struggled more.

Barack Obama

#8. Zaphod marched quickly down the passageway, nervous as hell, but trying to hide it by striding purposefully.

Douglas Adams

#9. Rights are not easy to obtain, and once we understand this, we must work attentively and persistently - and never become careless or lazy.

Malalai Joya

#10. If I should die, and you should choose to carry on my work, you are welcome to visit my grave. Pour some water on it and shout three times. I want to hear your voice.

Malalai Joya

#11. Day by day, it's worse for my people, especially for the women. And that's why, because of all of these main reasons, we say this is the mockery of democracy and mockery of War on Terror.

Malalai Joya

#12. I am never frightened when I tell the truth.

Malalai Joya

#13. People say the war in Iraq is a bad war, and the war in Afghanistan is a good war, but what's the difference between them? Democratic people around the world cannot accept that this is a good war. This is just endless war.

Malalai Joya

#14. You want a wild ride, J.J.? I'll give it to you, hard and slow until you scream my name.

Joya Ryan

#15. Just 'cause you're following a
well-marked trail don't mean
that whoever made it knew where
they were goin'.

Texas Bix Bender

#16. Sleep: a poor substitute for caffeine!

Wallace Shawn

#17. The winner of this election will be like same donkey, new saddle.

Malalai Joya

#18. People who look the other way when they see these war criminals are smaller criminals themselves.

Malalai Joya

#19. We are confronted by the appearance of social institutions unintentionally created, vital for the welfare of society, which are not the result of reasoned planning

Carl Menger

#20. Things that are impossible - are everyday experiences when you live in advanced states of mind. You live in a world of constant miraculous awareness.

Frederick Lenz

#21. It doesn't matter who's voting, it matters who's counting.

Malalai Joya

#22. I must say, cowboy, I'm impressed. I was worried you could only handle eight seconds at a time.

Joya Ryan

#23. My philosophy when it came to pets was much like that of having children: You got what you got, and you loved them unconditionally regardless of whatever their personalities or flaws turned out to be.

Gwen Cooper

#24. You want something, you go after it, and you hang on to it

Joya Ryan

#25. Oh, yeah? So what? You wanna play Name That Complex? One quick lay while you command me to call you Daddy?" Katelyn asked "No. I want to sink my cock into you so deep that you scream with pleasure and call me lover." Adam responds then adds "And there will be nothing quick about it.

Joya Ryan

#26. I don't fear death; I fear remaining silent in the face of injustice. I am young and I want to live. But I say to those who would eliminate my voice: I am ready, wherever and whenever you might strike. You can cut down the flower, but nothing can stop the coming of the spring.

Malalai Joya

#27. Growing up, I watched shows such as 'Blackadder' and 'Monty Python' with my parents.

Mathew Baynton

#28. I've never bowed to anyone, but will gladly live the rest of my life on my knees before you, if you'll be mine.

Joya Ryan

#29. There is only one perfect child in the world and every mother has him.

Lisa See

#30. My sense of the past is vivid and slow. I hear every sign and see every shadow.

Barry Hannah

#31. Democracy never comes by the barrel of a gun, or by cluster bombs.

Malalai Joya

#32. You're gonna have to hold on tight, because this rodeo is just getting started.

Joya Ryan

#33. Beauty and elegance are a right, not a surplus ... We must demand, at least, intention.

Paola Antonelli

#34. The process of driving a wedge between sacred and secular history is called secularization...the eventual result of this process is that belief in God is relegated to nothing more than a "personal belief" that has no standing in public discourse.

Stephen Leston

#35. They will kill me but they will not kill my voice, because it will be the voice of all Afghan women. You can cut the flower, but you cannot stop the coming of spring.

Malalai Joya