“She wonders sometimes if it's a sort of flaw or lack in her - the inability to lose herself in someone else.… — Diana Abu-Jaber Falling in love Copy Share Image
“He realizes finally that the boy he's been watching snap his board into the air, then neatly touch down- long, black, gleaming… — Diana Abu-Jaber Beauty Copy Share Image
“Felice admires the long blue tails of the birds just before they vanish into the trees. That's the way to be, she… — Diana Abu-Jaber Felice-muir Copy Share Image
“When Matussem Ramoud opened his eyes each morning, his wife would still not be there. ” — Diana Abu-Jaber First-sentence Copy Share Image
“She considers a tray of flaky 'jesuites,' their centers redolent of frangipani cream, decorated with violet buds preserved in clouds of black… — Diana Abu-Jaber Avis-muir Copy Share Image
“Brian and Avis deliver their stacks and try to refuse dinner, but the waiters bring them glasses of burgundy, porcelain plates with… — Diana Abu-Jaber Avis-and-brian Copy Share Image
“Avis puts aside the 'Saint-Honore' and decides to embark on a new pastry. She's assembling ingredients when the phone rings in the… — Diana Abu-Jaber Avis-muir Copy Share Image
The obsession with food filled my childhood - that's what happens when your parents are from a place or time where people… — Diana Abu-Jaber Childhood Copy Share Image
“There's the man with his cart who sold me rolls sprinkled with thyme and sesame every morning and then saluted me like… — Diana Abu-Jaber Every morning Copy Share Image
“But Stanley persisted in the kitchen, performing the small yet demanding apprentice's tasks she set for him- removing the skin from piles… — Diana Abu-Jaber Avis-muir Copy Share Image
“There's a time when things go out of tune. It's not all the time. It's not even a lot of the time.… — Diana Abu-Jaber Money Copy Share Image
Consider the difference between the first and third person in poetry [...] It's like the difference between looking at a person and… — Diana Abu-Jaber Differences Copy Share Image
“This morning's pastry poses challenges. To assemble the tiny mosaic disks of chocolate flake and candied ginger, Avis must execute a number… — Diana Abu-Jaber Avis-and-brian Copy Share Image
“Deep, fluting emotions were a form of weakness. She'd seen the softening in her work over the years, she'd started making the… — Diana Abu-Jaber Art Copy Share Image
I heard friends and strangers saying, "You don't look Arab - what are you supposed to be?" It really is a tired… — Diana Abu-Jaber Children Copy Share Image
“She let herself stray past the stage of sleep and even past the stage of remembering, and she wanders into the stage… — Diana Abu-Jaber Sleep Copy Share Image
“I mean, he could blow old Capitalist-Stevie here away." Felice doesn't respond. She pulls the backs of her ankles in close to… — Diana Abu-Jaber Avis-muir Copy Share Image
“He tells about his Sudanese roommate at Georgetown who owned a prayer rug with a compass to find Mecca built right into… — Diana Abu-Jaber Copy Share Image
“Let the beauty we love be what we do. There are a hundred ways to kneel and kiss the ground” — Diana Abu-Jaber Beauty Copy Share Image
“It's been over a year since they've visited their son's market. As they walk through the parking lot they take in a… — Diana Abu-Jaber Avis-muir Copy Share Image
“As she piped rosettes, docked a sheet of dough, or doused a tart with sanding sugar, another world occurred on the doorstep.… — Diana Abu-Jaber Another world Copy Share Image
Every day I try to do some small thing connected to writing. Or I'll station myself at a café and try to… — Diana Abu-Jaber Book Copy Share Image
