Who knows where inspiration comes from. Perhaps it arises from desperation. Perhaps it comes from the flukes of the universe, the kindness of the muses.

I hid my deepest feelings so well I forgot where I placed them.

My mother said I was a clingy kid until I was about four. I also remember that from the age of eight she and I fought almost every day.

If you can't change your fate, change your attitude.

So sad! This is the saddest part when you lose someone you love- that person keeps changing. And later you wonder, Is this the same person I lost?

I am like a falling star who has finally found her place next to another in a lovely constellation, where we will sparkle in the heavens forever.

Writing is an extreme privilege but it's also a gift. It's a gift to yourself and it's a gift of giving a story to someone.

I was six when my mother taught me the art of invisible strength..."strongest wind cannot be seen."

How can you blame a person for his fears and weaknesses unless you have felt the same and done differently?

Libraries are the pride of the city.

From what I have observed, when the anesthesia of love wears off, there is always the pain of consequences. You don't have to be stupid to marry the wrong man.

And while there is life there is always the chance that something might happen.

The nights I don't sleep it's because there's a higher calling telling me to stand guard.

I've always thought those guys are really funny. And I love Dumb and Dumber, Kingpin and Mary.

That's why they have menus in restaurants, you know. I like steak, somebody else likes spaghetti. That's why they have menus in restaurants. It's a great world.

You don't grow old. You get old by not growing.

Without Country you have neither name, token, voice, nor rights, no admission as brothers into the fellowship of the Peoples.

Love," he said, "has the longest arms.

I write essays to clear my mind. I write fiction to open my heart.

Knowledge of peace passes from country to country, like children's games, which are so much alike, everywhere.