Until now I had been able only to grieve, not mourn. Grief was passive. Grief happened. Mourning, the act of dealing with grief, required attention.

The wind shows us how close to the edge we are.

The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs.

To cure jealousy is to see it for what it is, a dissatisfaction with self.

We are well advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be, whether we find them attractive company or not.

I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear.

Memory fades, memory adjusts, memory conforms to what we think we remember.

We forget all too soon the things we thought we could never forget.

The fear is for what is still to be lost.

Do not whine... Do not complain. Work harder. Spend more time alone.

Short stories demand a certain awareness of one's own intentions, a certain narrowing of the focus.

It's because we have little faith that we look within instead of without.

The reaction of whatever you do will continue punishing you (hold you accountable). I do not have to come to punish you, ” says God.

I feel more helpless with you than without you.

I try to really understand every aspect of the most high; for me, the most high is Allah... I live my life by Islam.

If you wish to marry well, inquire well.

Your brain is built of cells called neurons and glia - hundreds of billions of them. Each one of these cells is as complicated as a city.

I wanted to be a professional singer/actress, though I knew it would be hard.

I never knew how to throw a fastball, never learned how to throw a curveball, a slider, split-finger, whatever they're throwing nowadays. I was a one-pitch pitcher.

He mocks proud mockers but gives grace to the humble. from the Book of Proverbs

There are no limits to your understanding, only those that are due to trying to understand with the mind.