He who knows not and knows not he knows not: he is a fool -- shun him. He who knows not and knows he knows not: he is simple -- teach him.

I have no leisure to think of style or of polish, or to select the best language, the best English - no time to shine as an authoress. I must just think aloud, so as not to keep the public waiting.

I saw the desert, it grew upon me. There are times, when I have sorrows, that I hunger and thirst for it.

People of delicate health, selfish dispositions, and coarse minds, can always bear the sufferings of others placidly.

all the salt of Turkish life consists of politics and official intrigue.

I must just think aloud, so as not to keep the public waiting.

Without any cant, does not Providence provide wonderfully for us?

Yet if all reality is subjective, all certitude is impossible.

Put something new on the table and everyone wants a piece of it.

Truly nothing is to be expected but the unexpected.

Well, I always talk about how I used to work at an insane asylum and stuff, which is true, but to be honest, I just make crap up more than anything else.

As a teacher, it is your job to make explicit whatever you though was implicit

This is a terrible time to be young, I think. It's really hard.

Face it: a nation that maintains a 72% approval rating on George W. Bush is a nation with a very loose grip on reality.

For many, the hijab represents modesty, piety and devotion to God, and I truly respect that. But the hijab should not be used as a means of applying social pressure on people.

If you find a way to write with open heart to Diary, a friend with Truth, no detail spared, your tome like Petrarch’s works will contain the scattered fragments of your soul.

Let's not be narrow, nasty, and negative.