I read a book a day when I was a kid. My family was not literary; we did not have any books in the house.

I hid my deepest feelings so well I forgot where I placed them.

My mother said I was a clingy kid until I was about four. I also remember that from the age of eight she and I fought almost every day.

If you can't change your fate, change your attitude.

So sad! This is the saddest part when you lose someone you love- that person keeps changing. And later you wonder, Is this the same person I lost?

I am like a falling star who has finally found her place next to another in a lovely constellation, where we will sparkle in the heavens forever.

Writing is an extreme privilege but it's also a gift. It's a gift to yourself and it's a gift of giving a story to someone.

I was six when my mother taught me the art of invisible strength..."strongest wind cannot be seen."

How can you blame a person for his fears and weaknesses unless you have felt the same and done differently?

Libraries are the pride of the city.

Who knows where inspiration comes from. Perhaps it arises from desperation. Perhaps it comes from the flukes of the universe, the kindness of the muses.

El que lee mucho y anda mucho, ve mucho y sabe mucho.

Be simple, stay humble, care with love, hug with kindness.

The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism

The soul will take that love and put it where it can best be used.

Chop your own path. Get off the car track

Many kinds of monkeys have a strong taste for tea, coffee and spirituous liqueurs.

We have established a new basis in our country in which economic liberalization would continue to flourish alongside democratic forces and deregulated power structure.

To be first in the Middle East is not enough. We must raise ourselves to the level of a great world power.

Nobody wants to proclaim, 'I changed the world with my inferior products.'

No matter how much you disagree with your kin, if you are a thoroughbred you will not discuss their shortcomings with the neighbors.