My father's motto has always been 'Room in the heart, room in the house.' As charming as this sounds, it translates into a long line for the bathroom and extra loads of laundry for my mother.

Without my relatives, I am but a thread; together, we form a colorful and elaborate Persian carpet.

Most fruits, if left alone on a tree, eventually do ripen, especially if they're not being yelled at.

My parents are highly evolved worriers. ... If worrying were an Olympic sport, my parents' faces would have graced the Wheaties box a long time ago.

Writing is such a powerful tool. I believe everyone should be writing.

In America, Christmas is the king of all holidays. To be left out of Christmas is the ultimate minority experience.

Everyone except gamblers knows that gambling never pays. ... Losing, like winning, only increased his determination to play.

Elinor Lipman is to tweets what Shakespeare is to sonnets.

For me, writing clarifies things. It gives meaning, and it makes me see the connections.

My dad always says that kindness is our religion and if we treat everybody the way we would like to be treated, the world would be a better place.

... even though we belong to three different religions. We are alike in so many more ways than we are different.

Women kill themselves because they hope to gain something, " said Kadife. "Men kill themselves because they've lost hope of gaining anything.

I adore you, Chiru. I want to show you in ways words can't express

I go and see anything that's visually new, any technology that's about picture-making. The technology won't make the pictures different, but someone using it will.

Accustom yourself to tireless activity.

That an error made on your own is safer than ten truths accepted on faith, because the first leaves you the means to correct it but the second destroys your capacity to distinguish truth from error.

I had decided early on that if I couldn’t dress elegant, I’d dress memorable.

It is emotion that drives the intelligence forward in spite of obstacles.

While I love Mohammed and Jesus Christ'I reject all men's religions, not just Islam, but Christianity, Judaism and whatever else the men use for a whip.

The only reason people want to be masters of the future is to change the past.

"Marriage" is an internationally recognized word that says we are committed as a couple and are responsible for each other and any children that we have.