later that night i held an atlas in my lap ran my fingers across the whole world and whispered where does it hurt?it answered everywhere everywhere everywhere.

Light attracts light. But sometimes your light attracts moths and your warmth attracts parasites. Protect your space and energy

Later that night, I held an atlas on my lap, ran my fingers across the whole world, and whispered, ‘where does it hurt?’ It answered, everywhere, everywhere, everywhere.

Document the moments you feel most in love with yourself - what you're wearing, who you're around, what you're doing. Recreate and repeat.

My alone feels so good, I'll only have you if you're sweeter than my solitude.

It's not my responsibility to be beautiful. I'm not alive for that purpose. My existence is not about how desirable you find me.

Make peace with your body, it's not manmade, there are no flaws, there are no mistakes.

I’m overwhelmed. My biggest downfall is my brightest blessing, I feel too much, all the time. Ya Allah, if it’ll keep my heart soft, break my heart every day.

Don't assume, ask. Be kind. Tell the truth. Don't say anything you can't stand behind fully. Have integrity. Tell people how you feel.

Mother says there are locked rooms inside all women, kitchen of love, bedroom of grief, bathroom of apathy. Sometimes, the men, they come with keys, and sometimes the men, they come with hammers.

You are terrifying, and strange, and beautiful. Something not everyone knows how to love.

A tech-savvy Board sets a right tone for shaping the culture of innovation.

It is better to be unhappy in love than unhappy in marriage, but some people manage to be both.

This is how Americans think. You believe that if something terrible happens to someone, they must have deserved it.

out of great Russia came three dusky syllables workmen took guns and went out to die for: Bread, Peace, Land.

I really work for racial reconciliation in many ways. And you can judge me by my writings.

Would I swap what I have achieved as a cook if I could have been as successful as a footballer? Definitely.

Paper Covers Rock is dazzling in its intensity and intelligence, spell-binding in its terrible beauty.

All men have their appointed time; that's something no horse can change.

Most of my stories are ideas in action. In other words, I get a concept, and I let it run away. I find a character to act out the idea. And then the story takes care of itself.

Few people realize that luck is created.