Naomi Shihab Nye Quotes
Born 1952
Palestinian-American poet and author.
26 quotesAbout Naomi Shihab Nye on Wikipedia
“It is really hard to be lonely very long in a world of words.”
“Writers, believers in words, could not give up words when the going got rough.”
“Why should it be any surprise that people find solace in the most intimate literary genre?”
“The things that cause you friction are the things from which you might make art.”
“Surely losing is one of the most endemic frictions of our journey.”
“What did exclusivity ever have to offer but a distorted, unrealistic view of the world?”
“Poetry is like language soup, the taste of different flavors.”
“Sometimes you just like the way a word sounds, pressed up against another word.”
“If you believe in revision you don't have to worry about perfection.”
“Does speaking some of the strangeness help us survive it, even if we can't solve or change it?”
“There may be nothing more "basic" in education than gaining a sense of one's own voice.”
“By acknowledging and shaping shared experience, we grow bigger.”
“I think our frenzied days are hungry for the kind of quietude poetry offers.”
