10 Quotes & Sayings By Diana Jaber

Diana Jaber is the author of four novels, including her latest, The Seal Wife, which was named one of the Top Ten Books of 2017 by USA Today and one of the Top Ten Books of 2018 by the Washington Post. Her work has appeared in several international anthologies. She is also the author of "How to Write a Novel in 30 Days," a book that resulted in her novel, The Shadow Wife, which was among the Top Ten Books of 2010 by USA Today. A former journalist who worked in Washington, D.C., she lives with her husband in Manhattan's Upper West Side.

Isn't it beautiful when you just stand there right in...
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Isn't it beautiful when you just stand there right in your track and watch something so amazing, so heart-warming, that you lose track of time and then don't know what to do from there onwards? Diana Jaber
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I love my family so much that it brings tears to my eyes. Diana Jaber
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Disappointment, fear, grief, unlove, dullness and guilt are the worst feelings. Learn from them so that you move on. Then replace them with more satisfying and promising joy, love gratitude, pride, confidence, direction. Diana Jaber
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When you meet a person as good-hearted as a child, don't ever be selfish, just give them your best and you will become great friends. Diana Jaber
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Who said you weren't good enough? If it was you then pack up that thought and send it to Mars. If it wasn't you then pack up that thought and send it back to that person. Diana Jaber
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You absolutely will never get everything you hope for. You imperatively HAVE to make the best of what you have. But something that you MUST have and cannot ever ignore is your relationship with people. Always work on that. Understand it as you live. Although people should never complete you as a person, you must have them in your life. That doesn't mean forever, it just means you need people and people need you NO MATTER WHAT. . Diana Jaber
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It's beautiful when you realise how kind, tender, warm and big-hearted a person is that has suffered too much for their own good. Diana Jaber
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I wish I could invent a square, said everyone. Diana Jaber
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What do you do when you wait too long only to be disappointed? Get on with it my mate, the clocks are ticking and they ain't goin' na pack 'emselves up. Diana Jaber