From what I have observed, when the anesthesia of love wears off, there is always the pain of consequences. You don't have to be stupid to marry the wrong man.

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.

No dirt can touch me, like an ocean, everything that comes to me becomes clean.

The most important thing as a leader is your relationship with God.

Spare when young, and spend when old.

In American math classes, we teach a lot of concepts poorly over many years. In the Asian systems they teach you very few concepts very well over a few years.

You pick pieces of things you've experienced in life to make it real to yourself.

We do not wish and do not need to expel Arabs and take their places.

If we are to change America, we must change the United States Congress.

As a reporter, you develop an ear for dialogue because it's your job to capture it accurately.

There is no harsher means of punishment, than to answer malice with kindness.

Devotees are not impressed by the poverty or wealth in material sense in any way; what impresses is devotion.