A Mother is the one who fills your heart in the first place.

I hid my deepest feelings so well I forgot where I placed them.

My mother said I was a clingy kid until I was about four. I also remember that from the age of eight she and I fought almost every day.

If you can't change your fate, change your attitude.

So sad! This is the saddest part when you lose someone you love- that person keeps changing. And later you wonder, Is this the same person I lost?

I am like a falling star who has finally found her place next to another in a lovely constellation, where we will sparkle in the heavens forever.

Writing is an extreme privilege but it's also a gift. It's a gift to yourself and it's a gift of giving a story to someone.

I was six when my mother taught me the art of invisible strength..."strongest wind cannot be seen."

How can you blame a person for his fears and weaknesses unless you have felt the same and done differently?

Libraries are the pride of the city.

Who knows where inspiration comes from. Perhaps it arises from desperation. Perhaps it comes from the flukes of the universe, the kindness of the muses.

I am the shore and the ocean, awaiting myself on both sides.

Make your dreams your goals, so that they are a part of you and not just a wish.

Ideas taken and planted into the grave do not germinate.

I stand in philosophy exactly where I stand in daily life

Whatever people see - TV in my mind forms people's opinions.

You have to be literate in today's world. We're not going to get away with not teaching boys to read.

I've always been the annoying kid who sang.

Courage lies in being oneself, in showing complete independence, in loving what one loves, in discovering the deep roots of one's feelings.

Claiming that someone's marriage is against your religion is like being angry at someone for eating a donut because you're on a diet.