But we survived, and we're a good family. I just don't want to dedicate one more tear, or watch my mother cry one more time.

The sun doesn't lose its beauty when covered by the clouds. The same way your beauty doesn't fade when being covered by Hijab

Different is good. When someone tells you that you are different, smile and hold your head up and be proud.

Every day we choose who we are by how we define ourselves.

Where ever I am I always find myself looking out the window wishing I was somewhere else.

I've realized that being happy is a choice.

I love to put on lotion. Sometimes I'll watch TV and go into a lotion trance for an hour. I try to find brands that don't taste bad in case anyone wants to taste me.

I know my children will never have to say, 'Mom died of ovarian cancer.'

If I make a fool of myself, who cares? I'm not frightened by anyone's perception of me.

I'm odd looking. Sometimes I think I look like a funny muppet.

I've been reckless, but I'm not a rebel without a cause.

Books open the doors that others have closed on you.

I am at the moment writing a lengthy indictment against our century. When my brain begins to reel from my literary labors, I make an occasional cheese dip.

The greatest thing in the world is not in dying rich but leaving the richness behind for the world to treasure.

I do love her, and that’s odd because she is everything I detest in anyone else.

Prayer is man's greatest power!

Anything pretty,' Claire will tell you, 'it's only for sale because no one wants it.

In today's interdependent world, a threat to one becomes a menace to all. And no state can defeat these challenges and threats alone.

I've always made a clear distinction between making a life and making a living.

When you're in politics sometimes you step on toes and they come back and kick you in the backside.

Of course climate change is real.