When a storm comes, bamboo bends. It doesn't break.

We can help pave the roads of those around us, but we can't choose their direction.

Even prisoners can escape if they have books.

Pain moves us forward, changing us into something else, something we need to be.

Arjun: ...the men are talking because you're beautiful.Sita: ...I would much rather they talk about me because I'm skilled.

Sometimes, Anu, we have to take actions that make us sad because it's the right thing to do for the future.

The only words free of suspicious motives will be the ones I find in books.

Some people are so impoverished all they have is gold.

We've all done things we'd rather keep in the dark. It's only by shedding light on them that our demons can disappear.

Grandmother was like an opal. You could never be sure which colors were really there and which were just tricks of the light.

Keep working on yourself

What do you think?” she softly whispered. “I think I want nothing more than to please you.” He whispered back while pulling her down to the bed. She looked at him with wanting and hunger.

Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.

You will win as many souls as God gives you, but no one will be converted by your own power.

This ain't no upwardly mobile freeway, oh no, this is the road to hell.

My shorthand answer is that I try to write the kind of book that I would like to read. If I can make it clear and interesting and compelling to me, then I hope maybe it will be for the reader.

It's just really about trying to do whatever it is I do at a level of excellence. That's really all I'm trying to do while I'm here.

...for love casts out fear, and gratitude can conquer pride.

The thing about India is that while they will miss Sachin, they have the ability to put out another batsman nearly as good.

It is said that there's no such thing as a free lunch. But the universe is the ultimate free lunch.