I like the feeling of being dominated

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.

Every sentence I utter must be understood not as an affirmation but as a question.[A caution he gives his students, to be wary of dogmatism.]

I wonder how long it will take for me to feel as adult inside as I look outside.

The books in the library were old, rotted, and there was no one left in the world to read them, but Kira made sure that none of them went into the fire. It seemed wrong.

Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.

We estimate, and this isn't an estimation, that Greta Waitz is 80 seconds behind

If you buy the why, the how is infinitely bearable

When I finish a book, I'm so exhausted that I'm sort of letting myself think that this could be the end.

The confirmation for both jobs - 'AMC' and 'Smallville' - came through on the same day, so there was a lot of wine flowing in the Hartley house that night!

Islam, at the moment, is the motherlode of bad ideas.

I am proud of where I come from and I will never forget the people I grew up with.