We write for the same reason that we walk, talk, climb mountains or swim the oceans — because we can. We have some impulse within us that makes us want to explain ourselves to other human beings. That’s why we paint, that’s why we dare to love someone- because we have the impulse to explain who we are. Not just how tall we are, or thin… but who we are internally… perhaps even spiritually. There’s something, which impels us to show our inner-souls. The more courageous we are, the more we succeed in explaining what we know.

Look what you've already come through! Don't deny it. Say I'm stronger than I thought I was

The most difficult thing in the world, it seems to me, is to realize that I am a child of God; to keep that in my mind all the time.

People are too busy putting things under microscopes and so forth. Creativity is greater than the sum of its parts.

Women should be tough, tender, laugh as much as possible, and live long lives. The struggle for equality continues unabated, and the woman warrior who is armed with wit and courage will be among the first to celebrate victory.

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

When the human race neglects its weaker members, when the family neglects its weakest one - it's the first blow in a suicidal movement.