Writing about people helps us to understand them, and understanding them helps us to accept them as part of ourselves.

You seem so clear about who you are. So certain that you are just right as you are, that for all your intelligence and maybe in spite of it, you never seem to need a second opinion.

She thought of how precious it was to be able to know another person over many years. There was incomparable richness in it.

My mother was very strong. Once, she picked up a coconut and smashed it against my father's head. It taught me about women defending themselves and not collapsing in a heap.

I really think admiration for nature can save us. I mean true admiration, to the point of not letting it be harmed.

In my opinion and experience, imperialists of all nations and races will tell us anything to keep us fighting. For them.

The artist...is the voice of the people.