Sometimes, all you have to do is ask.

Your patience will be both appreciated and rewarded

I was trying to put myself in a bottle that would one day wash up on the beach for my children. If I were a painter, I would have painted for them. If I were a musician, I would have composed music. But I am a lecturer. So I lectured.

If you can find your footing between two cultures, sometimes you can have the best of both worlds.

I have never thought of writing as hard work, but I have worked hard to find a voice.

Put on your own oxygen mask before assisting others.

Well, you can’t have just some of me, Jai,” I told her. “You appreciate the part of me that didn’t get angry because two ‘things’ we own got hurt. But the flip side of that is my belief that you don’t repair things if they still do what they’re supposed to do. The cars still work. Let’s just drive ’em.