Inspirational Quotes by Daniel Nayeri — Words of Wisdom for Daily Success

“Most things were against the rules, so when one old lady across the hall from us fell in her shower, we couldn't do anything but steal cinder blocks from the courtyard and arrange them in her bathroom so she could sit as she washed.”

“I said to my dad, "Are you really a Christian now?”

“Somehow, in all the world, with all the people in it, in all their wonky shapes, they were shaped to fit each other.”

“To lose something you never had can be just as painful—because it is the hope of having it that you lose. The hope that in this world, there are magical fish who will give you advice and warning, when really, the future is unknowable and infinitely dangerous.”

“The kid is probably giggling like a villain.”

“To lose something you never had can be just as painful — because it is the hope of having it that you lose.”

“In America they distrust happy people.”

“And sometimes you fall in love that way, when you’re drowning in a world of pain.”

“Does writing poetry make you brave? It is a good question to ask. I think making anything is a brave thing to do. Not like fighting brave, obviously. But a kind that looks at a horrible situation and doesn’t crumble.”

“Here is something I would like to tell you—stories get better as they get more true.”

“We hated waiting for grownies to talk about eternity. It seemed so obvious that everything was already eternal. That something made all of it. Something that loved and was beautiful and was cosmically and royally ticked off with what everyone was up to.”

“And the mind can do anything. It can create anything. It is God, Khosrou. The mind is God.”

“Would you rather a god who listens or a god who speaks?”