I could get through this. I would be strong because I was so close to achieving my dream of having my kids together.

Eritrean people are strong and caring. And despite all that we had been through we were brimming with optimism. Our country was on the verge of huge change.

One might say my life has been tragic. Yet, as I sat in pain in the hospital I raised my tired hands toward the sky, palms facing in, fingers spread, and I gave thanks.

Whether I felt strong and courageous or not, I would now have to be for my baby boy.

Please remember, no matter how hard it seems and no matter how badly you feel you can always become courageous.

I love you so much, Sahra. You will do wonderful things. Have courage and believe in yourself.

Don't hide yourself. Stand up, keep your head high and show them what you got!

Surfing music is dead. It was just a summer craze for kids on the beach. I'm finished with it.

You shall hear a good account of me or of my death.

There is one thing on earth more terrible than English music, and that is English painting.

Love is large; love defies limits. People talk about the sanctity of love -- love is by definition sacred. Not some love between some people, but all love between all people.

Faithfulness is a social not a biological law.

A lot of celebrities, especially when you're talking about the really big ones, live in what I call the fame bubble. Nobody ever says no to them or challenges them or even teases them.

Someone, I was beginning to suspect, had a bit of a gangster complex. It wasn't really very hard to figure out who. I mean, I was guessing it wasn't Christopher's aunt Jackie.

It's my duty to enlighten people.

Well, you know, we all grew up as 'Star Wars' fans.