I remember a new heaviness in my body, but maybe that's the work of time and my looking back.

The sight of a palm tree silhouetted against the sky made even his life feel like a movie

dragonflies circled me, the sun knifing off the brilliant blues and yellows of their bodies.

Years later, I remember the waxy taste of the yellow paint, the papery taste of splintered wood, the sharp metallic of the graphite.

When twilight drops her curtain down And pins it with a star Remember that you have a friend Though she may wander far.

She tried to focus on the element of riddle or at least puzzle contained in the letter and ignore the sense of doom that was sweeping through her like clouds rolling to the shore over open water.

I would rather win than have good sportsmanship.

In India I've been to all the award functions, but that was in Hindi; now it's in English so it's a much bigger scale.

Animals were my pets, and the thought of eating my pets freaked me out.

I don't care what they do with my book so long as the flippin check clears.

Two thousand years ago, we lived in a world of Gods and Goddesses. Today, we live in a world solely of Gods. Women in most cultures have been stripped of their spiritual power.

Those who do not trust enough should not be trusted.

And being that happy makes me feel guilty. Because I shouldn't be. Not while my mum is feeling the way she is. How I can dare to be happy is beyond me, and I hate my guts for it.

I'm just in work mode, and that prevents me from going into the Hollywood starlet mode, I suppose.