--- title: "4 French Quotes By Diana Abu-Jaber" description: "4 French quotes by Diana Abu-Jaber. Plus more from Diana Abu-Jaber and more French sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03d/diana-abu-jaber-10382_avis-muir_avis-named-her-business-paradise-pastry_1161858.png" --- > [“Avis named her business Paradise Pastry because she imagined cathedrals. She thought about the stonemasons, glassblowers, sculptors- who gave lifetimes to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-abu-jaber/avis-named-her-business-paradise-pastry-because-she-imagined/) [Diana Abu-Jaber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-abu-jaber/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03d/diana-abu-jaber-10382_avis-muir_avis-named-her-business-paradise-pastry_1161858.png) > [“Deep, fluting emotions were a form of weakness. She'd seen the softening in her work over the years, she'd started making the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-abu-jaber/deep-fluting-emotions-were-a-form-of-weakness-she-d-seen-the/) [Diana Abu-Jaber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-abu-jaber/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/108/diana-abu-jaber-10382_art_deep-fluting-emotions-were-a-form-of-wea_1995086.jpg) > [“Propped on a small easel she uses for orders and ingredient lists is a request for a 'gateau Saint-Honore' bearing the legend…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-abu-jaber/propped-on-a-small-easel-she-uses-for-orders-and-ingredient-lists-is/) [Diana Abu-Jaber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-abu-jaber/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c2/diana-abu-jaber-10382_avis-muir_propped-on-a-small-easel-she-uses-for-or_2639238.png) > [“She collects a tray from the kitchen: arranges almond and mango cream puffs, brown sugar lace cookies, and miniature napoleons of vanilla…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-abu-jaber/she-collects-a-tray-from-the-kitchen-arranges-almond-and-mango-cream/) [Diana Abu-Jaber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-abu-jaber/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/378/diana-abu-jaber-10382_avis-muir_she-collects-a-tray-from-the-kitchen-arr_2998085.png) ## Other authors on French ## 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/french/diana-abu-jaber/#itemlist", "name": "4 French Quotes By Diana Abu-Jaber", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Avis named her business Paradise Pastry because she imagined cathedrals. 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