Quotes by : Naomi Shihab Nye

My father was very disappointed by war and fighting. And he thought language could help us out of cycles....

like our parents alwaystold us not to likefirefighters warn againstwe're playinggames and makingthe rules....

We dropped our troubles into the lap of the storyteller, and they turned into someone else's.

Because sometimes I live in a hurricane of wordsand not one of them can save me.

Poetry [is] more necessary than ever as a fire to light our tongues.

The person you have known a long tme is embedded in you like a jewel. The person you have just met casts....

Getting over what you did to me is not why I get out of bed anymore.

I'm like the weather, never really can predict when this rain cloud's gonna burst; when it's the high....

Anyone who says, “Here’s my address,write me a poem,” deserves something in reply.So I’ll tell....

It is really hard to be lonely very long in a world of words. Even if you don't have friends somewhere,....