It's hard to say what's in my head. It's been a long time since anyone cared to ask.

People have to snatch at happiness when they can, in this world. It is always easier to lose than to find...

Something inexorable seeds itself in the place of your origin. You can never escape the bonds of family history, no matter how far you travel.

It's painful to hold out hope for the things that once brought you joy. You have to find ways to make yourself forget.

My heart is shattered, an all that's left are jagged shards.

I remember her words to me when I left school: Your mind will be your comfort. It is, sometimes. And sometimes it isn't.

I couldn't have imagined how much more there was to lose.

I ... am left with the lingering feeling that the places we go in our minds to find comfort have little to do with where our bodies go.

The older I get, the more I believe that the greatest kindness is acceptance.

To get it all done I have to dim my brain, turn it down by notches like the flat-turn knob on a gas lantern, leaving only a nub of flame.

Do our natures dictate the choices we make, I wonder, or do we choose to live a certain way because of circumstances beyond our control?

But miracles still happen, even if we don't think they do.

I don't think I'm going to do any good work this morning.

You must convince your heart that whatever Allah has decreed is most appropriate and most beneficial for you.

But I had promised my husband never to accept another engagement. It was not a very happy time for me.

Freedom requires that government keep the channels of competition and opportunity open, prevent monopolies, economic abuse and domination.

People always seemed to know half of history, and to get it confused with the other half.

Fermentation and civilization are inseparable.

Human rights are inscribed in the hearts of people; they were there long before lawmakers drafted their first proclamation.

Don't ever hit a person first, but if anybody ever puts their hands on you, you hit them right between the eyes.

I have this prejudice that trilogies are long, three-volume novels.