I knew that if I wanted to survive, it wasn't about healing or trying to forget. It was about how I could use my life to answer what had happened to us. In many ways, it saved my life.

Try to avoid complaints. Self-pity even when legitimate never fails to undermine your strength.

Do not compare yourself to others. You have a unique destiny and mission that only you can accomplish.

Personally, I believe there's a limitation to how much politics can change the world--but there's no limitation to how much individuals can change the world.

Every person who dedicates his or her life to something that belongs to the greater good is very meaningful.

Everyone has the capacity for courage. We don't need to face extreme circumstances to become admirable people.

May you find renewed energy, courage and hope to pursue new adventures.

The vampire's eyes were open, and he was staring at her intently. It was as though he were trying to speak to her with simply the power of a glare.Alexia did not speak glare-ish.

New York was a city where you could be frozen to death in the midst of a busy street and nobody would notice.

I can tell when men are threatened by my height.

American writers want to be not good but great; and so are neither.

Overly positive, horrendously cheerful people can make a depressed person even more depressed. In fact, perhaps the least helpful thing one can say to a depressed person is, "Cheer up!"

As we are involved in unceasing thinking, so we are called to unceasing prayer.

There are only 24 hours in a day. We need to quit trying to be awesome and instead be wise.

No man ever looks at the world with pristine eyes. He sees it edited by a definite set of customs and institutions and ways of thinking.

Everyone detected with AIDS should be tattooed in the upper forearm, to protect common needle users, and on the buttock, to prevent the victimization of other homosexuals.