I don't think that we have to look like the models in the magazines because they are 19 year olds and they have been photo shopped extensively, not but given what I, we have as the raw material, take care of it.

Affection is like the noonday sun; it does not need the presence of another to be manifest.

He was not oppressed by a crowd because in the midst of all the hullabaloo he always found a quiet place for his soul.

You write a book and it's like putting a message in a bottle and throwing it in the ocean. You don't know if it will ever reach any shores. And there, you see, sometimes it falls in the hands of the right person.

We don't even know how strong we are until we are forced to bring that hidden strength forward. In times of tragedy, of war, of necessity, people do amazing things. The human capacity for survival and renewal is awesome.

If this world is going to be a better place for our grandchildren and great-grandchildren, it will be women who make it so.

Empowering women means trusting them.