The trouble with dying...is that you don't get to see how everything turns out. You won't know the ending.

She loved them so much that she felt a kind of hollowness on the inner surface of her arms whenever she looked at them- an ache of longing to pull them close and hold them tight against her.

In blink of an eye everything can change, so forgive often and love all your heart. You may never know when you may not have the chance again.. Good to you all..

In high school and college, I was an athlete.

I never see the glass half empty because I drink out the bottle

Most affectations conceal something eventually, even though they don't in the beginning.

In the face of excruciating pain and uncertainty, I never lost hope, and it never occurred to me to stop fighting - not ever.

I come out of a strong oral tradition in the South.

Trusting someone was like holding a little water in your cupped hands - it was so easy to spill the water, and you could never get it back.

Engaging Iran won't guarantee improved U.S.-Iranian relations or a more stable Gulf region. But not engaging means more of the same.

I think most great actors have their own life trajectory, the character motion doesn't have anything to do with their life motion.