I am a child of God. I always carry that with me.

The devil lives in our mistakes, the lord lives in our rights. Who lives in our ignorance, and who wins after all?

Courage - you develop courage by doing small things like just as if you wouldn't want to pick up a 100-pound weight without preparing yourself.

I've learned that regardless of your relationship with your parents, you'll miss them when they're gone from your life.

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.

In spite of everything that was done to me and my race, in spite of the adversity and the bitter moments, again we rise.

When you do nothing you feel overwhelmed and powerless. But when you get involved you feel the sense of hope and accomplishment that comes from knowing you are working to make things better.