Different is good. When someone tells you that you are different, smile and hold your head up and be proud.

The sun doesn't lose its beauty when covered by the clouds. The same way your beauty doesn't fade when being covered by Hijab

Every day we choose who we are by how we define ourselves.

Where ever I am I always find myself looking out the window wishing I was somewhere else.

I've realized that being happy is a choice.

I love to put on lotion. Sometimes I'll watch TV and go into a lotion trance for an hour. I try to find brands that don't taste bad in case anyone wants to taste me.

I know my children will never have to say, 'Mom died of ovarian cancer.'

If I make a fool of myself, who cares? I'm not frightened by anyone's perception of me.

I'm odd looking. Sometimes I think I look like a funny muppet.

I've been reckless, but I'm not a rebel without a cause.

I like everything. Boyish girls, girlish boys, the heavy and the skinny. Which is a problem when I'm walking down the street.

It's worse for you. You want the guilt to absolve you. Just like you want your wife and child to absolve you. Once absolved, you can kill or take soup.

When people divide, things end. Therefore: I won't divide because I don't want this to end.

It's funny how one life-changing event could make you forget what happiness felt like.

The difference is no less real because it is of degree.

Drugs in a disco are great for white people because it allows them to feel more Puerto Rican while dancing.

The empowerment of black women constitutes the empowerment of our entire community.

Do not attempt to benefit by rebukes one who boasts of his virtues, for he loves to display himself can not be a lover of truth.

I hope we'll get lucky enough to grow old together.

Enjoyment of football is part of the social context, and I have lost my faith in this social context.

German in the most extravagantly ugly language - it sounds like someone using a sick bag on a 747.