She thinks that charm is a form of intelligence, and she respects the intelligence.

The mother was conflicted between what she knows that what's possible.

Facebook is the perfect place to try on different identities until she finds one that sticks.

It's hard to imagine which is worse, living with fear, or living without it in a fantasyland were consequences don't exist.

...to imitate Western civilization in its spirit, its mode of life and its social organization is impossible without dealing a fatal blow to the very existence of Islam as an ideological proposition.

I think the government has to reposition environment on top of their national and international priorities.

Back before I injured my hip, I thought going to the gym was for wimps.

When you're born, you're pure. Unspoiled and trusting. I believed everything and everyone. Then, I met my parents!

Success builds character, failure reveals it.

I think it's going to be a pivot of spirit for the country, a period of smart deals for the country, a stronger military.

If we smoke, there's no magic number of cigarettes, or number of years, that we can smoke before we know we'll get lung cancer.

I can't even imagine having twins.

I did not pray Him to lay bare The mystery to me, Enough the rose was Heaven to smell, And His own face to see.

I was a tiny bug. Now a mountain. I was left behind. Now honored at the head. You healed my wounded hunger and anger, and made me a poet who sings about joy.