I wanted to educate myself about the world and I wanted to know what was happening to people in other countries. I feel now I have only just begun.

It is wonderful to hear of the relief efforts that are finally coming to New Orleans and the rest of the region, but as well all know, it is simply not going to be enough.

Life comes with many challenges. The ones that should not scare us are the ones we can take on and take control of.

Happy endings are just stories that haven't finished yet.

We talk about orphanages, we talk about their countries and differences, and it’s a source of excitement and pride. I’ve heard Maddox explain to Zahara when they are talking about pregnancy, ‘No, Zee, remember, you were in that nice African woman’s belly. I was in that nice Cambodian woman’.

I'm trying to find things that are extremely challenging or mean something to me deeply.

It's better to have nobody, than to have someone who is half there, or doesn't want to be there