When we first begin fighting for our dreams, we have no experience and make many mistakes. The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and get up eight times.

People need not fear the unknown if they are capable of achieving what they need and want.

If I believe I will win, then victory will believe in me.

We never lose our loved ones. The accompany us; they don't disappear from our lives. We are merely in different rooms.

We are told from childhood onward that everything we want to do is impossible. We grow up with this idea, and as the years accumulate, so too do the layers of prejudice, fear and guilt. There comes a time when our personal calling is so deeply buried in our soul as to be invisible. But know that it's still there.

I don't know if the books are making the world a much better place. I don't write with that objective. What I know is that I see my readers creating a critical mass so we can at least understand this world in a different way.

Finding one important thing in your life doesn’t mean you have to give up all the other important things.