Quote by Diana Abu-Jaber Download Open image ““..cold, like swallowed tears.”” — Diana Abu-Jaber ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.1 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“I knew how he felt, how it was like being swallowed by winter, so that even your insides were too stark and too cold.” — Alyxandra Harvey Copy Share Image
“I swallowed my screams whole. They went down my throat as sharp-cornered and cold as ice cubes.” — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
“She wanted to cry but the tears would not come. They seemed to flood her chest, and they were hot tears that burned under… — Margaret Mitchell Copy Share Image
“The tears that streaked her face evaporated as they made contact with the icy surface of her cheeks.” — Bianca Sloane Copy Share Image
“tears running down her cheeks and her nose, tears from the cold and the prospect of being absent for weeks.” — Edna O'Brien Copy Share Image
“imagine. I imagine it feels like bathing in ice to the person touching her. But how does it feel to her? Cold as she… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“All my trapped tears are in there like poison, but I can't let them out.” — Sarah Rubin Copy Share Image
“I did not cry. I only breathed. Horribly. Intentionally. And then forgot to breathe.” — Cheryl Strayed Copy Share Image
If you only write for 15 minutes at a time, you can write a book and still have time for Legos. — Diana Abu-Jaber Copy Share Image
“The streets of Aqaba are shell spirals and, on summer nights, crowded and complicated as a woman's heart.” — Diana Abu-Jaber Copy Share Image
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… — Diana Abu-Jaber Copy Share Image
“Sometimes when she lies awake her body feels as finely made as a tuning fork. She can hear and smell the most delicate things,… — Diana Abu-Jaber Copy Share Image
The daily writing practice is something I used to hear batted around a lot in writing workshops - which is probably why I dropped… — Diana Abu-Jaber Copy Share Image
“...tasting a piece of bread that someone bought is like looking at that person, but tasting a piece of bread that they baked is… — Diana Abu-Jaber Copy Share Image
“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… — Diana Abu-Jaber Copy Share Image
“The loneliness of the arab is a terrible thing; it is all consuming. It is already present like a little shadow under the heart… — Diana Abu-Jaber Copy Share Image
“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… — Diana Abu-Jaber Copy Share Image
“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… — Diana Abu-Jaber Copy Share Image
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… — Diana Abu-Jaber Copy Share Image
