--- title: "2 Dairy Quotes By Diana Abu-Jaber" description: "2 Dairy quotes by Diana Abu-Jaber. Plus more from Diana Abu-Jaber and more Dairy sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30c/diana-abu-jaber-10382_business_she-thinks-of-stanley-s-colored-pencil-d_385740.jpg" --- > [“She thinks of Stanley's colored pencil drawings of theoretical businesses: a cafe, a bookshop, and, always, a grocery store. When she was ten and he was fourteen, he was already working as a bag boy at Publix, reading what their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-abu-jaber/she-thinks-of-stanley-s-colored-pencil-drawings-of-theoretical/) [Diana Abu-Jaber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-abu-jaber/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30c/diana-abu-jaber-10382_business_she-thinks-of-stanley-s-colored-pencil-d_385740.jpg) > [“I mean, he could blow old Capitalist-Stevie here away." Felice doesn't respond. She pulls the backs of her ankles in close to her butt and rests her chin on the flat of one her knees. She thinks of Stanley's colored…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-abu-jaber/i-mean-he-could-blow-old-capitalist-stevie-here-away-felice-doesn-t/) [Diana Abu-Jaber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-abu-jaber/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/877/diana-abu-jaber-10382_avis-muir_i-mean-he-could-blow-old-capitalist-stev_2088334.jpg) ## Other authors on Dairy ## More by Diana Abu-Jaber > [If you only write for 15 minutes at a time, you can write a book and still have time for Legos.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-abu-jaber/if-you-only-write-for-15-minutes-at-a-time-you-can-write-a-book-and/) [Diana Abu-Jaber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-abu-jaber/) > [“The streets of Aqaba are shell spirals and, on summer nights, crowded and complicated as a woman's heart.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-abu-jaber/the-streets-of-aqaba-are-shell-spirals-and-on-summer-nights-crowded/) [Diana Abu-Jaber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-abu-jaber/) > [I'm constantly at war with myself to quit goofing around, and the internet hasn't helped that any. I've learned that I have to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-abu-jaber/i-m-constantly-at-war-with-myself-to-quit-goofing-around-and-the/) [Diana Abu-Jaber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-abu-jaber/) > [Love and prayer are intimately related.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-abu-jaber/love-and-prayer-are-intimately-related/) [Diana Abu-Jaber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-abu-jaber/) > [“Sometimes when she lies awake her body feels as finely made as a tuning fork. She can hear and smell the most delicate things,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-abu-jaber/sometimes-when-she-lies-awake-her-body-feels-as-finely-made-as-a/) [Diana Abu-Jaber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-abu-jaber/) > [The daily writing practice is something I used to hear batted around a lot in writing workshops - which is probably why I dropped…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-abu-jaber/the-daily-writing-practice-is-something-i-used-to-hear-batted-around/) [Diana Abu-Jaber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-abu-jaber/) > [“...tasting a piece of bread that someone bought is like looking at that person, but tasting a piece of bread that they baked is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-abu-jaber/tasting-a-piece-of-bread-that-someone-bought-is-like-looking-at-that/) [Diana Abu-Jaber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-abu-jaber/) > [“She thinks of Stanley's colored pencil drawings of theoretical businesses: a cafe, a bookshop, and, always, a grocery store. When she was ten and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-abu-jaber/she-thinks-of-stanley-s-colored-pencil-drawings-of-theoretical/) [Diana Abu-Jaber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-abu-jaber/) > [“The loneliness of the arab is a terrible thing; it is all consuming. It is already present like a little shadow under the heart…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-abu-jaber/the-loneliness-of-the-arab-is-a-terrible-thing-it-is-all-consuming-it/) [Diana Abu-Jaber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-abu-jaber/) > [“She's been scouted by Ford and Elite- real New York agencies. Micah, the agent for Elite- a tall black guy in silver eyeliner- said…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-abu-jaber/she-s-been-scouted-by-ford-and-elite-real-new-york-agencies-micah-the/) [Diana Abu-Jaber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-abu-jaber/) > [“On the top rack is a cooled and decorated seven-layered 'opera' cake. Her client- the Peruvian ambassador- had requested a "tropical" theme for a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-abu-jaber/on-the-top-rack-is-a-cooled-and-decorated-seven-layered-opera-cake/) [Diana Abu-Jaber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-abu-jaber/) > [Here is something you have to understand about stories: They point you in the right direction but they can't take you all the way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-abu-jaber/here-is-something-you-have-to-understand-about-stories-they-point-you/) [Diana Abu-Jaber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-abu-jaber/) > [“The first time Avis knelt on a chair and stirred eggs into flour to make a vanilla cake, she had an inkling of how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-abu-jaber/the-first-time-avis-knelt-on-a-chair-and-stirred-eggs-into-flour-to/) [Diana Abu-Jaber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-abu-jaber/) > [“You want to protect you children, don't you? You let them out of your body but you never let them all the way out.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-abu-jaber/you-want-to-protect-you-children-don-t-you-you-let-them-out-of-your/) [Diana Abu-Jaber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-abu-jaber/) > [“..a phantasm, a pink-palmed jinn, a ghost from one of the drowned cities.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-abu-jaber/a-phantasm-a-pink-palmed-jinn-a-ghost-from-one-of-the-drowned-cities/) [Diana Abu-Jaber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-abu-jaber/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dairy/diana-abu-jaber/#itemlist", "name": "2 Dairy Quotes By Diana Abu-Jaber", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“She thinks of Stanley's colored pencil drawings of theoretical businesses: a cafe, a bookshop, and, always, a grocery store. 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