Ama H. Vanniarachchy Quotes

“A dark night, lightened up by thousands of glowing fireflies. It's magical.”

“A father's tears and fears are unseen, his love is unexpressed, but his care and protection remains as a pillar of strength throughout our lives.”

“Artists are strange people. They make the world a beautiful place, and make others feel good, but they are a bunch of lonely people. Artists are people with unfulfilled, unrealistic dreams, lonely, and always searching for perfection.”

“Everybody put on masks, including you and me. We all wear masks.”

“Gardening is like landscape painting to me. The garden is the canvas. Plants, containers and other garden features are the colors. I paint on the garden of canvas hoping to create a master piece with my colors.”

“Have we ever wondered a mothers silent cries? Her struggles, her fears and her worries? Do we ever have time for this in our busy lives? Have we ever thought of the sacrifices she has done in order to make our lives happier, and her dreams cut short to make our dreams come true?”

“Have you ever imagined loving and hating someone so much, exactly at the same time? It is suffocating.”

“Humanity need not be taught in schools, it is a gift and skill one should master.”

“I believe almost every author have gone through the terribly uncomfortable period between the time of shedding the seeds of a story and waiting to see it flourish as a published book, spending hours watering and fertilizing it. This is a dreadful period, frustrating and depressing.”

“I do not trust people who do not wear a wrist watch.”

“I fear the many faces, many personalities in me. Sometimes I fail to understand my self and become deceived by my various selves.”

“I love the smell of pastels. That breaths life into my soul.”

“I love to see the sunshine on the wings of the Dragonflies. There is magic in it.”

“Inner negativity will attract negative energies from the universe. So be watchful of your thoughts. Don't be a magnate of negativity.”

“Love and betrayal comes hand in hand.”

“Magic is seeing wonder in nature's every little thing, seeing how wonderful the fireflies are and how magical are the dragonflies.”

“No doubt, a father is the most respected man in our lives, the most admired person. He is the protector, and the guardian of our lives.”

“People do not change. It is just that they change the masks they wear and the acts they put on, with new costumes, new dialogues and new settings. That is human nature.”

“Sometimes pretending is the best way to get out of the labyrinth of life.”

“The greatest betrayal is betraying yourself.”

“The right to lead a life free of fear is a fundamental right of all living beings. But this fundamental right is being brutally violated by humans in animal testing, meat and dairy industry, circus, zoos, aquariums, and sports.”

“The savior of a living thing owns the living thing. The destroyer of a living thing slays and wastes life, so he does not own a living thing. The living swan belongs to the savior, not the slayer.”

“We all are actors. The moment we step out of our comfort zones, the moment we are interacting with another, the actor in us comes alive.”

“Words are my weapons. They might kill or cure the readers, that’s out of my control.”

“Writers should be heard, not seen.”

“Writing gives me wings.”

“You are perfectly imperfect, and that made me fall for you.”

“You realize how much you love someone once that someone is gone… gone forever, and you are filled with regret and sadness.”

“You taught me how to live with you, now tell me how to live without you.”