I collect books, and I love libraries. I love bookstores. And to me meeting a writer is important. And when I saw a book with my name on it I almost passed out.

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.

Stay put and you will remain as such. Jump in and you might get wet. Dive and you might find true happiness.

It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it.

Wise men make more opportunities than they find.

That's part of that thing of transcending languages. Every person will have their own language.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

The hero journey is inside of you; tear off the veils and open the mystery of your self.

Every time you slip, you owe me a kiss.

I'm not advocating violence but I think somebody should shoot Simon Cowell.

The voice of God whispers in the heart So softly That the soul pauses, Making no noise, And strives for these melodies, Distant, sighing, like faintest breath, And all the being is still to hear.

The best recommendation for an umpire in the old days was: "He licked somebody in the Three-I League. He ought to do.