I'm hopeful that increased awareness of the issues in Africa will bring about a new wave of progress and activism among young people everywhere.

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.

There was not even any hope for Miss Roach that Mr. Thwaites would ever die.

Everything is nothing.

You are the rainbow that adds color to my gray skies.

...how many of us have a moved heart that shies away to a different angle, a millimetre or even less from the place where it first existed, some repositioning unknown to us.

It's better to be nominated for awards than not to be nominated for them, but of course to some degree such awards [National Book Award] are always subjective.

I can't have a lot of people around me all the time. It really bugs me out that I have that many people. I need to be by myself.

I often think about death and it saddens me to leave this world and not be able to paint more. I love it so much.

I don't remember doing anything else; I don't remember not living in the studio. I'm itching for people to hear this album because I'm sick of hearing it myself.

You're not supposed to have it all figured out in high school. If you knew it all, and it was the best, it's all downhill from there.

You and I love understanding American Revolution, but let's also understand the digital revolution, because that makes us more comfortable with our technology.