If we do something over and over again, it becomes normal. If we see the same thing over and over again, it becomes normal.

She hoped that Tin Win would learn what she had learned over the years: that there are wounds time does not heal, though it can reduce them to a manageable size.

There are two motives for writing a book: one, that you may save what you know, the other, that you may share what you know with the public.

You can be proud of your country and culture and, at the same time, recognize that there is something that's wrong that needs to be changed.

Cars, furs, and gems were not my weaknesses.

A domain exits where concepts can't go; so leave them on the doorstep to enter.

I think the origins of music have probably to do with magic and transcendence as well.

On my desk, I always have a lemon or a lime drying. I love the fragrance. Also, a Staedtler eraser, a brush for the eraser and a pencil sharpener.

In New York, the principal leisure activity is internal bleeding.

Prayer is the way to die to our own wishes and surrender everything to God.

May we muster courage at the crossroads, courage for the conflicts, courage to say, "no," courage to say, "yes," for courage counts.