I can feel glamorous without makeup, especially on my lips. They're naturally reddish, so I often let them go.

No matter what you're going through, there's a light at the end of the tunnel.

It's okay to not be superwoman all the time.

Tall, thin, curvy, short – whatever you are, you are beautiful.

Go on and try to tear me down I will be rising from the ground

I’m not perfect and I don’t have to be.

Your mind . . . can be your best friend or your worst enemy, but it's your choice to make.

I think scars are like battle wounds - beautiful, in a way. They show what you've been through and how strong you are for coming out of it.

Creativity is what helps me escape a lot of my inner demons.

Nothing is more beautiful than a smile that has struggled through tears

Whatever you dream of doing one day, don't give up on that dream because you never know where it can take you.

Impatience is not the fastest way of getting to where your treasures are. It is the quickest way of by-passing them without even knowing. Keep calm

No wonder women don't negotiate as often as men. It's like trying to cross a minefield backward in high heels.

I am Syrian, I was made in Syria, I have to live in Syria and die in Syria.

You're always trying to balance your understanding of who you are and what you need, and your longing and imaginings of freedom.

I think George Bush is one of the most duplicitous presidents we've ever had.

And we're fortunate if we have parents who are great and loving and inspiring. But, unfortunately, there are people who don't have that.

They have been eating muffins. That looks like repentance

it in every fair face, every fair sky, every fair flower.

If I screw up raising my kids, nothing I achieve will matter much.

What I am to be, I am becoming.