She fails to see who I am, even, for her eyes do not, will not, take me in. Instead they transmit a powerful message. She is like a billboard flashing, starkly: 'Keep Out'.

I want to kiss the bottom of the ocean before I burst through its surface into the sunlight. Otherwise I'll always be wondering about what was left unseen at the bottom.

her eyes are unfathomable to me, hostile, even, as if she had removed herself to a place where I cannot reach her - somewhere I cannot know.

Whatever it was her father wanted, Emma did not know how to provide it. She felt confused by what he did, and imagined the problem was a lack in her, rather than him. And there was something

It's amazing how close I have been, all this time, to my old life. And yet the distance that divides me from it is vast.

Man has made remarkable strides in conquering outer space, but how futile have been his efforts in conquering inner space- the space in our hearts and minds of men.

Refuse to be called master, otherwise people will start thinking that whatever you say is right! Refuse to be called master!

All's well that ends well.

I'm not the slowest writer that you know.

That's what real love amounts to - letting a person be what he really is.

The job of reading is to use stories as a way into seeing other people as we see ourselves

In Iran we don't have homosexuals like in your country ... In Iran we do not have this phenomenon. I don't know who's told you that we have this.

Parents test our patience more than anyone else...Being around them keeps you in check...that's what keeps you humbled.

Pupils may learn many things when a teacher is not in fact teaching.