I turn away from the smell of death, pressing my lavender scented handkerchief as tight as I can against my nose.

Those of strong character and training are chosen by fate. They cannot help but rise to the forefront when their nations are troubled.

Stay in love.

The line between lawful and unlawful abortion will be marked by the fact of having sensation and being alive.

Bangladesh is largely a river delta, and the rising sea level means that when storms come in, the human sanitation is backing up, the ability to farm.

The elephant, the huge old beast, is slow to mate

If you don't measure up to your expectations, realize that you should just be life without expectations.

The fireflies o'er the meadow In pulses come and go.

...crushed between the fears of going forward and the dread of going back.

The process of globalization has now interconnected almost everything ranging from financial markets to transport networks to communication systems in a huge system that no one really understands.

Growing up, I thought I was white. It didn't occur to me I was Asian-American until I was studying abroad in Denmark and there was a little bit of prejudice.