We all handle loss in our individual ways, grieve in all kinds of ways. We all go through feeling okay sometimes, but other times, we feel so bad we hurt ourselves or those around us.

She learned early on, in her adopted country, that race was an easy excuse to stop awkward explanations. People hesitated to probe into such a sensitive matter.

In the conventional storyline, I’m supposed to be the one slaying dragons to save you, the princess in distress. So, you see, I feel odd being the rescued.

I am a phoenix rising from the ashes of my pain and suffering. Today I am reborn, today begins my growth and change.

Think of what is and don't let what might have been distract you.

ALL SAY I AM SWEET, SINCE I NEVER CHEAT, I DO THINGS NEAT, WHETHER IT IS TO EAT, FOR WELL-WISHERS I HAVE A TREAT, TODAY I STAND ON MY FEET.

I am exhausted by traditional memoir. I am exhausted by the architecture of the conventional novel.

We will not let the price of peace be greater than the price of war, we will firmly safeguard the achievements of the past 13 years under former President Karzai.

I would put forward a modest proposition that we were very much better governed by Henry VIII than we are by King Gordon.

Metaphor is embodied in language.

Talent is full of thoughts, Genius is thought. Talent is a cistern, Genius a fountain.

Always clamping down on excitement is not self-control but fear.

When something is missing in your life, it usually turns out to be someone.