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title: "2 First-sentence Quotes By Diana Abu-Jaber"
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> [“When Matussem Ramoud opened his eyes each morning, his wife would still not be there. ”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-abu-jaber/when-matussem-ramoud-opened-his-eyes-each-morning-his-wife-would/)

[Diana Abu-Jaber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-abu-jaber/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aff/diana-abu-jaber-10382_first-sentence_when-matussem-ramoud-opened-his-eyes-eac_1594527.png)

> [“The sky is white.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-abu-jaber/the-sky-is-white/)

[Diana Abu-Jaber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-abu-jaber/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c23/diana-abu-jaber-10382_first-sentence_the-sky-is-white-1603392_1603392.png)

## 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/)

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