We were exiles from reality that summer. We were refugees from ourselves.

A scar does not form on the dying. A scar means, I survived.

I could not stop talking because now I had started my story, it wanted to be finished. We cannot choose where to start and stop. Our stories are the tellers of us.

In my world death will come chasing. In your world it will start whispering in your ear to destroy yourself. I know this because it started whispering to me when I was in the detention center.

Andrew had a gift for deepening the incision he began.

on a bike ride through the Surrey Lanes, pedalling in my cotton dress through the hot fields blushing with poppies, freewheeling down a sudden dip into a cool wooded sanctum.

Exposing corruption, brandishing truth.

I want to be a journalist again. I want to make a difference in the world.

There are countries of the world, and regions of one's own mind, where it is unwise to travel.

Let them say whatever gives them comfort.

...disaster, when it is quite sure of its own strength, will announce itself by hardly moving its lips...

In the midst of our struggle to find out who we are, there are infinite possibilities for beauty, and hope, and wonder, and love.

The lack of self-love has led many to obsessively hunger for attention.

You know, the heart is meant to be your life support, I was a fool to give her my heart. She affected my life support greatly and I know that I will never be the same without her again.

You can never hope to become a skilled conversationalist until you learn how to put your foot tactfully through the television set.

Nature often lets us down when we most need her; let us turn to art.

There is no such thing as a moderate Republican anymore.

By letting go of yourself, leaving yourself and everything yours behind so decisively that nothing more is left of you but a purposeless tension .

To err is human; to forgive, infrequent.

Taking responsible steps to reduce poverty is not merely a moral imperative but an economic one.

Yet while on my trip to the Middle East, the London bombings occurred. This was yet another stark reminder that if we don't fight terrorists abroad, they just get closer to our home.