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.

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 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.

I like everything. Boyish girls, girlish boys, the heavy and the skinny. Which is a problem when I'm walking down the street.

Treacherous people do not last only memories of their treason last.So will it last with emotions mixed, of love and hate for treacherous ones.

There is music in words, and it can be heard you know, by thinking.

I make no distinction between writing and storytelling; I've always wanted to tell stories.

When you have a sorrow that is too great it leaves no room for any other.

Anyone can make anyone else look bad if they really want to pull things apart enough.

To bring anything really to life in literature we can't be lifelike: we have to be literature-like

Today I think that if for no other reason than that an Auschwitz existed, no one in our age should speak of Providence.

I have a couple of thousand books in my personal library. Choosing a favorite is next to impossible. But I do love the written word.

I'm a real low profile guy. So a date night for me is kind of curled up at home and watching something... have a nice glass of wine, a nice meal and we're all set.

no truth is strong enough to defeat a well-established legend.