Cristina Istrati Quotes

Writing is not just a process of creation. It is also a process of self-discovery ~ Cristina Istrati

It takes a lot more energy to be covert and sneaky than it does to be open and honest. ~ Cristina Perez

I imagine these men sitting in fashion control centers around the world thinking of new ways to torture women, new ways to make them wince twenty years from now when they look at old photographs of themselves. ~ Cristina Garcia

The world is not ideal, and the only weapon we can give our children is information. Information which is not pretty, but honest. ~ Cristina Saralegui

Like Winston Churchill said, 'Never give up,' and I won't give up. It's a miracle that we even got on the air, and I'm very pleased with the ratings and the response. ~ Cristina Saralegui

No one owns facts," Cristina said quietly. "They are immutable. ~ Cassandra Clare

And then again, maybe people and things are the same as emotions: Even when you can't see them or feel them or be with them, and even when they have died and even before they are born, they still exist somewhere. Far away or close, they're always somewhere. Maybe nothing in the world is truly lost, I think. ~ Cristina Henriquez

Those who speak know nothing. Those who know are silent. ~ Cristina Garcia

I feel like elements of race and identity and ethnicity are sort of missing in all of literature, not just in women's literature. ~ Cristina Henriquez

Armando's not a pork chop, I say. She shrugs. At least a pork chop would feed you. ~ Cristina Henriquez

If people want to believe in Hollywood movies, let them believe in Hollywood movies. Being romantic is not a disease. ~ Ioana-Cristina Casapu

That is not love. That is debt. ~ Cassandra Clare

1 SHA'BAN


Did you know that 6 month prior to Ramadan the Sahaba's used to make du'a to Allah that He would let them reach Ramadan. After Ramadan they used to make du'a for 6 month that Allah would accept their fasting and good deeds.
Today is the first day of Sha'ban and Ramadan is not too far off. You might be wondering where the time has gone, and might feel a bit overwhelmed or even afraid of the long hours of fasting. You might also be asking yourself, "what have I done so far to prepare myself for this blessed month?"
Many times we focus too much on the aspect of planning our meals for this month, but Ramadan is not the month of cooking, it is the month when the Quran was sent down, a month of worship. So let's put the menu planning on the side, and prioritize on how we can prepare our hearts for this glorious month.
Something you can start right now is to follow the Sahaba's example and make that same du'a until we reach Ramadan.
"Allahumma Balighna Ramadan"
"Oh Allah let us reach Ramadan ~ Cristina Tarantino

That's not the spirit of the law, Emma. Remember? The Law is hard, but it is the Law."
"I thought it was 'the Law is annoying, but it is also flexible. ~ Cassandra Clare

When you have a child who wants to take his own life and you feel powerless, nothing else in life matters. ~ Cristina Saralegui

Cristina Yang was the walking validation of my dreams. ~ Shonda Rhimes

Would you mind taking off your shirt? ~ Cristina Garcia

scrub oak trees. Kieran was leaning against him, pinning him to the tree, and they were kissing.

Cristina hesitated a moment, blood rising into her face, but it was clear Mark wasn't being touched against his will. Mark's hands were tangled in Kieran's hair, and he was kissing him as fiercely as if he were starving. Their bodies were pressed together tightly; nevertheless, Kieran clutched at Mark's waist, his hands moving restlessly, desperately, as if he could pull Mark closer still. They slid up, pushing Mark's jacket off his shoulders, stroking the skin at the edge of his collar. He made a low keening sound, like a cry of grief, deep in his throat, and broke away.

He was staring at Mark, his gaze as hungry as it was hopeless. Never had a faerie looked so human to Cristina as Kieran did then. Mark looked back at him, eyes wide, shining in the moonlight. A shared look of love and longing and terrible sadness. It was too much. It had already been too much: Cristina knew she shouldn't have been watching them but she hadn't been able to stop, mingled shock and fascination rooting her to the spot.

And desire. There was desire, too. Whether for Mark, or for both of them, or just for the idea of wanting someone so much, she wasn't sure. She moved back, her heart pounding, about to pull the ~ Cassandra Clare

This is the nature of having of a soul, Kieran, and a heart. We all stumble around in the dark and we cause each other pain and we try to make up for it the best we can. We are all confused. ~ Cassandra Clare

Maybe one day we'll get married and we'll have a small house just for us, we'll write crazy books and we'll be famous. ~ Cristina Nemerovschi

Jan-Peter offered to teach me the language of Amsterdam's red light district ... But after his first phrase
'Using the back door will cost you double'
I withdrew my request. ~ Cristina Garcia

You know what the great thing is about dignity? Dignity regenerates. It's like a starfish. You can tear it apart, and it grows all its little arms back. ~ Cristina Moracho

To question the world around us and all its complexities is not blasphamy, but simply using the mind God gave us for its intended purpous. God is an artist. Artist do not create to have someone just glance and say "That is pretty." Artist want viewers to look closer, deeper
to really see what they have created
not just glance. ~ Cristina Marrero

I saw us from above, from the sky, two flecks of being connected at the edge of the wide, pale ocean, lost to everything but each other. ~ Cristina Henriquez

What I didn't understand - what I suddenly realized now - was that if I stopped moving backwards, trying to recapture the past, there might be a future waiting for me, waiting for us, a future that would reveal itself if only I turned around and looked, and that once I did, I could start to move toward it. ~ Cristina Henriquez

Love is a wild fire that cannot be contained by any mere element known to man. ~ Cristina Marrero

I felt the way I often felt in this country - simultaneously conspicuous and invisible, like an oddity whom everyone noticed but chose to ignore ~ Cristina Henriquez

We're both drowning
in our rotten shells.
I look to you for comfort,
but your hand is already pushing my head down. ~ Cristina Isabel

My new elf husband wasted no time in carrying me to the bed, then tumbling us both onto the coverlet. ~ Cristina Rayne

I teach a lot of graduate creative writing classes, and on the first day, I like to go around the room and ask everybody what's the last book you've read that you really loved. And all of the women tend to give me chick lit titles. And to me, that's sort of disappointing because it's their only exposure to fiction somehow. ~ Cristina Henriquez

I know some people here think we're trying to take over, but we just want to be a part of it. We want to have our stake. This is our home, too. ~ Cristina Henriquez

One look at the stranger staring back re-convinced me that I had to be dreaming. It was me, but at the same time completely not me. ~ Cristina Rayne

I came to this country when I was 12 years old because my parents wanted to give me new opportunities to succeed. President Obama wants everyone to have the chances I had. ~ Cristina Saralegui

I'm a daughter of the middle class with a strong sense of social mobility and individualism, like the waves of immigrants, like my Spanish grandparents, who made Argentina. ~ Cristina Kirchner

Cristina, of all the people I know, you're the most generous, and you spend the most time thinking about what makes other people happy. I think you should do whatever makes you happy. You deserve it. ~ Cassandra Clare

As outsiders looking in, my readers and I must reform how we think so we may open ourselves to new forms of knowledge. ~ Cristina Marrero

You don't understand," my dad said. "They stop you."

"Who? What are you talking about?" my mom asked.

"That's why I was being cautious."

"Who stops you?"

"The police. If you're white, or maybe Oriental, they let you drive however you want. But if you're not, they stop you."

"Who told you that?"

"The guys at the diner. That's what they say. If you're black or if you're brown, they automatically think you've done something wrong."

"Rafa, that's ridiculous. We've lived here for fifteen years. We're citizens."

"The police don't know that by looking at us. They see a brown face through the windshield and boom! Sirens!"

My mom shook her head. "That's what that was about?"

"I didn't want to give them reason to stop me."

"You were driving like a blind man, Rafa. That will give them reason to stop you."

"Everybody else just has to obey the law. We have to obey it twice as well."

"But that doesn't mean you have to go twice as slow as everybody else!"

The light turned green and my dad brought the car out of first. We cruised under the overpass, a shadow draping over the car like a blanket.

"Next time, just try to blend in with everyone else and you'll be fine," my mom offered.

"The way of the world," my dad said.

"What?" my mom asked as we emerged back into the sunlight.

"Ju ~ Cristina Henriquez

Sometimes the answer is in the question. ~ Cristina Smith

No small amount of schadenfreude. Do you know what that means?"
"Dad, it's the lifeline of gossip. Of course I know what it means. ~ Cristina Garcia

He had lived by ironclad rules for so long. Protect Tavvy, protect Livvy and Ty, protect Dru. Protect Emma. Recently that he widened out slightly- he would protect Mark, because Mark had come back, and he would protect Cristina, because Emma loved her.
It was a sort of love few other people could understand. It was total and it was overwhelming and it could be cruel. He would destroy a whole city if he thought that city posed some threat to his family.
When you were twelve years old and you were all that stood between your family and annihilation, you didn't learn moderation. ~ Cassandra Clare

To realize the American dream, the most important thing to understand is that it belongs to everybody. It's a human dream. If you understand this and work very hard, it is possible. ~ Cristina Saralegui