Randa Abdel-Fattah quotes are thought-provoking, memorable and inspiring. From views on society and politics to thoughts on love and life, Randa Abdel-Fattah has a lot to say. In this list we present the 20 best Randa Abdel-Fattah quotes, in no particular order. Let yourself get inspired!
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Randa Abdel-Fattah quotes
Sometimes it’s easy to lose faith in people. And sometimes one act of kindness is all it takes to give you hope again.
— Randa Abdel-Fattah, Does My Head Look Big In This?
What’s the good of being true to your religion on the outside, if you don’t change what’s on the inside, were it really counts ?
— Randa Abdel-Fattah, Does My Head Look Big In This?
Your perception is riveting, Amal, ” he says in a bored and sarcastic tone, dropping the note down on my desk. “It’s comforting to know that there are people in my class who have the maturity and intelligence to make derogatory comments about other people’s external appearances.”Now what am I supposed to say to that?”What do you have to say for yourself?”Friggin’ mind reader.
— Randa Abdel-Fattah, Does My Head Look Big In This?
I just don’t know what I’d do without a brain, Simone!” I say. “I mean, what’s a person without one?
— Randa Abdel-Fattah, Does My Head Look Big In This?
Life isn’t like the movies. People don’t change overnight. people don’t go from arrogant and self-righteous to ashamed and remorseful. They don’t suddenly give in when they’ve spent years taking out. No doesn’t magically become a Yes.
— Randa Abdel-Fattah, Does My Head Look Big In This?
I want to be with one person in my life. I want to know that the guy I spend the rest of my life with is the first person I share something so intimate and exciting with.
— Randa Abdel-Fattah, Does My Head Look Big In This?
It’s like one of those scenes from a feel-good Hollywood movie. Where everybody is happy and nobody’s hair fizzes in the wind. Where it doesn’t rain, your shoes stay comfortable all day, and everybody’s jokes are funny.
— Randa Abdel-Fattah, Does My Head Look Big In This?
True friends are those who love you not in spite of your faults and imperfections, but because of them.
— Randa Abdel-Fattah
You never feel good when you lie. It doesn’t matter how much you want something, if you lie to somebody you love, and they actually, sincerely believe you, you feel like a cockroach that needs some serious Raid action.
— Randa Abdel-Fattah
Parents. Honestly. Sometimes they really do think the world revolves around them.
— Randa Abdel-Fattah, Does My Head Look Big In This?
Belief means nothing without actions
— Randa Abdel-Fattah, Does My Head Look Big In This?
You? Nervous? Man, you’ve got more balls than any girl I’ve ever known!’ ‘You’ve known some weird girls, then, ” I say, raising an eyebrow at him.
— Randa Abdel-Fattah, Does My Head Look Big In This?
I’m starting to realize that being born into this social world is a little like being born into clean air. You take it in as soon as you breathe, and pretty soon you don’t even realize that while you can walk around with clear lungs, other people are wearing oxygen masks just to survive.
— Randa Abdel-Fattah, The Lines We Cross
I wasn’t rebellious. Other friends had far stricter parents and where there wasn’t a relationship of respect and communication, they were usually the opposite; kids go to the other extreme.
— Randa Abdel-Fattah
The hijab, or sikh turban, or Jewish skullcap are all explicit symbols, but they do not represent a threat or affront to others, and have no bearing on the competence, skills and intelligence of a person.
— Randa Abdel-Fattah
To the Muslim woman, the hijab provides a sense of empowerment. It is a personal decision to dress modestly according to the command of a genderless Creator; to assert pride in self, and embrace one’s faith openly, with independence and courageous conviction.
— Randa Abdel-Fattah
For me, religious festivals and celebrations have become an important way to teach my children about how we can transform living with diversity from the superficial ‘I eat ethnic food’, to something dignified, mutually respectful and worthwhile.
— Randa Abdel-Fattah
In a multicultural, diverse society there are countless ways in which people negotiate the everyday lived experience and reality of diversity.
— Randa Abdel-Fattah
Most Muslim women know it is fear and curiosity that cause people to stare. They know it is ignorance and stereotypes that cause people to suppose that a piece of material covering the hair strips a woman of the ability to speak English, pursue a career, work a remote control.
— Randa Abdel-Fattah
The easiest way for readers to connect with characters and feel sympathy is to make the character entertaining, sympathetic and likeable.
— Randa Abdel-Fattah
My family are observant Muslims, but I’ve come to the faith through an intellectual conviction, and that’s something that they’ve taught me. It’s never been forced upon me. They’ve given me a very strong identity as an Australian Muslim.
— Randa Abdel-Fattah
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