I eat steamed sea bass and vegetables, and I have no sugar, and only drink soy milk.

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.

Don’t just be who you are and what you are. Move, evolve, change, grow and become better each day.

A great statesman, like a good housekeeper, knows that cleaning has to be done every morning.

You can complete a project by dropping it.

Its actually really important that you succeed at what youre succeeding at, but that isnt going to be the measure of your life.

Sometimes one has the feeling of an almost supernatural character to the shifts and changes in our national mood. They appear beyond the prose of cause and effect.

I'm aware of how difficult it is to work and be a mom - I have an 11-year-old son - and I would love to help anyone else who is trying to get into the field.

I was born in a library, in the fiction stacks.

We will use the actions of others to decide on proper behavior for ourselves, especially when we view those others as similar to ourselves

A man of purpose focuses on his destination, not his situation. Don't let your situation mislead you!

Like all of my fictions, 'Sinner' is a mirror. Look into it and you will find yourself. What you do with what you see is your choice.