Women move through the world never knowing their power.

I look at my roommates who are so proud of me that it makes me proud.

That's when you know for sure somebody loves you. They figure out what you need and they give it to you - without you asking.

A good mother is irreplaceable.

I like it when my mother smiles. And I especially like it when I make her smile.

But what Mom never told me is that along the way, you find sisters, and they find you. Girls are cool that way.

We hang out, we help one another, we tell one another our worst fears and biggest secrets, and then just like real sisters, we listen and don't judge.

Mama always said a good family has one heartbeat. No one knows you like the people you live with, and no one will take up your cause to the outside world quite like your blood relatives.

I even love the smell of books.

I don't settle in any other area of my life when it comes to excellence, so why should I lower my standards when it comes to boys?

There are two kinds of people in this world. Those who want to know the facts, and those who want to make up a nice story to feel better. I wish I was the kind who made up stories.

I feel like a big faker because I've been putting my life back together, and nobody knows.

We have this idea that we need to be in the mood to write. We don't.

No one can save us accept the Saviour.

Rule 1: The actions of confidence come first

Tradition demands that we not speak poorly of the dead.

My dad would give me $10, which is a lot of money when you're 9, to sing at church, on tables at restaurants, at family functions, just about anywhere.

I don't know why my brain has kept all the words to the Gilligan's Island theme song and has deleted everything about triangles.

I don't have a driving desire to be all encompassing and world powerful or anything.

In India we celebrate the commonality of major differences; we are a land of belonging rather than of blood.

Having a better and more productive life than my monster father has been my most significant accomplishment.