Poetry absolves spirituality from the dividedness of religions and provides us with a sanctuary that excludes no one.

The beauty you see in me is a reflection of you.

Cinnamon bites and kisses simultaneously.

I would rather have an inferiority complex and be pleasantly surprised, than have a superiority complex and be rudely awakened.

Style of the future is the convergence of function and fashion.

Love is not blind. Love sees what is most true

Gifts have ribbons, not strings.

The illusion is we are only physical.

Anger is a wound gone mad.

When we love, we are courageous; and courage has nothing to do with being fearless, it's about being willing to experience fear, even dread, to do what we must, without guarantee of outcome.

Purity of heart is blooming the same colors in the middle of the wilderness when no one sees you.

I had try to tell the difference between the night and the day and how the night was better unless the day was very clean and cold and I could not tell it

Thriving economies on both sides of the border is a win-win for Arizona and Mexico, but that will only come by working together and demonstrating mutual respect.

Forgive me my nonsense, as I also forgive the nonsense of those that think they talk sense.

If my children do not behave according to Islam, if they do not pray for instance, I will punish them.

The hardest piece of nonfiction I ever wrote isn't anywhere close to the easiest piece of fiction I never wrote.

absence can be present, like a damaged nerve, like a dark bird

I am here at Lake Tahoe and there is magic at 6,000 feet.

'American Idol' has taken over my whole life.

That which is given with pride and ostentation is rather an ambition than a bounty.

I did Polyester, and I dont regret one minute of it. It was wonderful.