I think an awful lot of the diplomatic problems that exist in the world come from people assuming that their society is the one with a purchase on truth.

I tend to find the ecstasy hidden in ordinary joys, because I did not expect those joys to be ordinary to me.

The thing that makes me really outraged, is the idea that the Mormon Church would presume to get involved in decisions that have little to do with Mormonism.

I just look at my own life, which is full of error as all life is. I have done plenty of things that I am not proud of.

I think you can't deny that because the cochlear implant exists, the signing world is shrinking.

I encounter a lot of prejudice and a lot of darkness. I have to negotiate constantly through situations that are uncomfortable or difficult or strange.

I think it's up to the parents to determine whether what they're doing is consigning their child to difficulty. It's not as though they were crippling their children after they were born.