I couldn't stop bawling, watching the towers come down. it was a terrible thing to happen. And a terrible thing to realize that I don't sit though the nigh crying when such horrors happen all the time. Randa Abdel-Fattah More Quotes by Randa Abdel-Fattah More Quotes From Randa Abdel-Fattah One of the first serious attempts I made to write a novel was when I was in Grade 6 and I had read 'Matilda.' I wrote my own version and my teacher had it bound and permitted me to read it to the class - cementing my love of reading, writing and Roald Dahl! Randa Abdel-Fattah reading writing teacher Life isn’t like the movies. People don’t change overnight. people don’t go from arrogant and self-righteous to ashamed and remorseful. They don’t suddenly give in when they’ve spent years taking out. No doesn’t magically become a Yes. Randa Abdel-Fattah self people years I want to be with one person in my life. I want to know that the guy I spend the rest of my life with is the first person I share something so intimate and exciting with. Randa Abdel-Fattah guy want firsts Yes, Simone, he is mentally unstable for being attracted to you. call the men in white suits. Randa Abdel-Fattah suits white men When it comes to the hijab - why to wear it, whether to wear it, how to wear it - there is theology and then there is practice, and there is huge diversity in both. Randa Abdel-Fattah hijab diversity practice You should take notes whenever you hear interesting or original language. Randa Abdel-Fattah notes language interesting When you exist in the centre of a debate, as a topic, a hypothesis - otherised and stigmatised - you become the prop in a proposition. Randa Abdel-Fattah hypothesis topics debate And it’s when I’m standing there this morning, in my PJs and a hijab, next to my mum and my dad, kneeling before God, that I feel a strange sense of calm. I feel like nothing can hurt me, and nothing else matters. Randa Abdel-Fattah dad hurt morning Yeah, don't you take a break?" "I don't have time for breaks." "That's the whole point of a break. When you've got no time, you need a break. Randa Abdel-Fattah yeah break needs Parents. Honestly. Sometimes they really do think the world revolves around them. Randa Abdel-Fattah parent world thinking there is more to this hijab than the whole modesty thing. These girls are strangers to me but I know that we all felt an amazing connection, a sense that this cloth binds us in some kind of universal sisterhood. Randa Abdel-Fattah sisterhood connections girl True friends are those who love you not in spite of your faults and imperfections, but because of them. Randa Abdel-Fattah true-friend imperfection love-you Spirituality is deeply personal. Yet, society has to face the fact that certain faiths celebrate spirituality through an overt expression of inner convictions. Randa Abdel-Fattah expression faces facts You never feel good when you lie. It doesn't matter how much you want something, if you lie to somebody you love, and they actually, sincerely believe you, you feel like a cockroach that needs some serious Raid action. Randa Abdel-Fattah want-something believe lying We have to choices in this world; we either try to survive or to give up. Randa Abdel-Fattah giving-up choices trying I do most of my reading on the train ride to and from work. But I always have a book in my handbag so that I can read at any time, anywhere. Randa Abdel-Fattah handbags reading book I've been writing stories since I was a kid. I love writing stories. Randa Abdel-Fattah writing-stories writing kids In a multicultural, diverse society there are countless ways in which people negotiate the everyday lived experience and reality of diversity. Randa Abdel-Fattah diverse-society multicultural-society reality The easiest way for readers to connect with characters and feel sympathy is to make the character entertaining, sympathetic and likeable. Randa Abdel-Fattah sympathetic character way A woman's body is her body and what she wears or does not wear is her choice. Get over it and move on. Randa Abdel-Fattah wear woman choice body
