Pomegranate Soup is glorious, daring and delightful. I adored the Iranian sisters, Marjan, Bahar and Layla, who are looking to build a life, start a business and find love in a place so far from home. Ireland has never been more beautiful - the perfect setting for this story filled with humor, hope and possibility.

Let life unfold, say what you mean. You can’t always think about what you’ve lost, or what you don’t have, or what you didn’t get. Because when you do that, you’re missing out on the now. You can’t know if you’ll be here tomorrow or a year from now.

I don't use a crap camera, I don't eat junk, and I'm not going to a dance where the boys are bores

Sometimes we get our hearts broken, only to have the right person come along to mend them.

All you needed is what every girl needs, a good friend. Someone to talk to, to share with, to run things by.

The intimacy. The deepest level of love. The knowledge that someone understands you, is rooting for you, is sharing your life.

Energy has to be fed from a source. If you don't feed the source, it dissipates entirely.Same is true of liking a boy. If you cut off the thoughts, if you stop pinning, you're free to find a boy who is attainable.