I think I should learn French and be a better cook - basic, really good life stuff.

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.

We can get through this. You just have to believe in that because we don’t know if a miracle is about to come our way.”- Afia

If you want to control others you will not be able to meditate. About that one point, be absolutely certain.

No one can say Christianity has failed. It has never been tried.

Define your times. Treasure your calling. Pray without ceasing. The terrors of the age are less than the grandeur of the Christ within you.

I don't do impressions.

Stay back, human. You don't know what you're dealing with.

A good historian is timeless; although he is a patriot, he will never flatter his country in any respect.

I hated the place (Hollywood), not the work, but the lack of privacy, those terrible prying fan magazine writers and all the surrounding exploitation.

He, who boldly interposes between a merciless censor and his prey, is a man of vigor: and he who, mildly wise, without wounding, convinces him of his error, commands our veneration.

I think about dying a lot, every time I fall asleep on a train or a plane I expect to wake up to a crash!