Shami Quotes

#1. I am doing the right thing, he told himself, so why do I feel so bad?

George R R Martin

#2. The Transitoriness of Life
To what may man's life be compared?
To a boat which rowed away,
Far in the sea, and left no track,
In the morning of the day.
Shami Mansai

Reiko Chiba

#3. You like to say fucking a lot, don't you?" I muttered while adding the sweatpants to the cart.
"It's like verbal salt. I enjoy sprinkling it on everything.

Bijou Hunter

#4. You can't think yourself out of a box that's made of your thoughts.

Krishna Das

#5. It is very difficult to be like the other guy, to be ordinary. Mediocrity takes a great deal of energy. But to be ourselves is very easy. You don't have to do a thing.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

#6. Democratic dissent is not disloyalty, it is a positive civic duty.

Shami Chakrabarti

#7. I advise women to live their life to their fullest, invest in who you want to be and live it well.

Reem Acra

#8. I found the poems in the fields And only wrote them down

John Clare

#9. I didn't follow the policies of those already in the business. If I had, I would never have made a go of it. Instead, I started out with the determination to make a better nickel chocolate bar than any of my competitors made, and I did so.

Milton S. Hershey

#10. The lesson is letting go, giving up and giving thanks for what is. Life unfolds in mysterious and beautiful ways; I have very little say in this process.

Judy Liautaud

#11. We need to celebrate stories by women, for women, as just one more way to redress gender injustice.

Shami Chakrabarti

#12. Isn't this the Eolian? I had heard that this is where pride pays silver and plays golden.

Patrick Rothfuss

#13. When your boss assigns you a project, take good notes and ask questions regarding anything you're not sure about. Over the years, I've noticed that junior staffers are often reluctant to ask too many questions about a project - perhaps

Kate White

#14. This guy named Ian that I met at school. He wants to go to the DMV with me."
She hands me a plate to dry. "Well, there's true love."
I snort.

Carrie Jones

#15. Much sheer effort goes into avoiding the truth; left to itself, it sweeps in like the tide.

Fay Weldon

#16. One does see so much evil in a village,' murmured Miss Marple in an explanatory voice.

Agatha Christie

#17. In a democracy, regulation of the press and imposing standards on it must be voluntary.

Shami Chakrabarti

#18. Your ideal authors ought to pull you from the foundering of your previous existence, not smilingly guide you into a friendly and peaceable harbor.

Christopher Hitchens

#19. I'm never going to be the woman behind the man.

Stephanie Zimbalist