Once you've seen certain things, you can't un-see them, and seeing nothing is as political an act as seeing something.

That's what careless words do. They make people love you a little less.

Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing.

There's really no such thing as the 'voiceless'. There are only the deliberately silenced, or the preferably unheard.

Wars are never fought for altruistic reasons. They're usually fought for hegemony, for business. And then of course there's the business of war.

He folded his fear into a perfect rose. He held it out in the palm of his hand. She took it from him and put it in her hair.

Ammu said that human beings were creatures of habit, and it was amazing the kind of things one could get used to.

...a political struggle that does not have women at the heart of it, above it, below it, and within it is no struggle at all.

She viewed ethnic cleansing, famine and genocide as direct threats to her furniture.

Empathy may be the single most important quality that must be nurtured to give peace a fighting chance.

NGOs are dangerous. They do what the missionaries used to do in Colonial times. They are Trojan Horses. The worse the situation, the more the NGOs.

She's got feet like boats, whiskers like an American, and her undies are filthy.

Make the most of the moments with those you love, it's once upon a person to Live and then Die. Give them the most precious gift of all Time!

Bureaucrats and Politicians are different people, work of Bureaucrats makes us hate Politicians.

Living in America and, of course, just being women in general, we've got more strength than we think we do.

If OJ Simpson did not have a handgun, Nicole and Ron would still be alive today.

We have had enough, once and for all, of Hedonism--the gloomy philosophy which says that Pleasure is the only good.

Pressure's healthy. It becomes stressful when you can't handle that. I mean, if you don't want to become pressurized in this environment, then don't be a chef.

When you are right you cannot be too radical; when you are wrong, you cannot be too conservative.

The writing can be its own reward, as you discover more things that you can do. It counts a lot, though, when a story connects with a reader and they take the time to tell me about it.

Curiosity illuminates the correct path to anything in life. If you're not curious, that's when your brain is starting to die.