I want to read so I can read the Koran read the signs in the street know the number of the bus I'm supposed to take when I one day leave this house.

Go so far away that you stop being afraid of not coming back.

I finally know the difference between pleasing and loving, obeying and respecting. It has taken me so many years to be okay with being different, and with being this alive, this intense. (xxvi)

Find out what you're afraid of and go live there.

The next 15 years are more important than the previous 15. The past is done

Animal rights are not a gift we give to animals. They are a birthright we have taken from them.

If the sky that we look upon should tumble and fall. Or the mountain should crumble to the sea. I won't cry, no I won't shed a tear, just as long as you stand by me.

Acne is a bigger problem than injuries.

Whether we are describing a king, an assassin, a thief, an honest man, a prostitute, a nun, a young girl, or a stallholder in a market, it is always ourselves that we are describing.

Well, you better ride like you stole something 'cause you are about to win a stage in the Tour de Fance.

If you choose to do something, do it with your utmost. And remember, expect nothing and life will be velvet.

It will profit you nothing to remember old wrongs and nurse old enmities.

I think sometimes you have to see a physical manifestation of your dream. Otherwise you have to hope, pray and try to conjure something in your mind to feel like it's possible.