That's the thing about suicide. Try as you might to remember how a person lived his life, you always end up thinking about how he ended it.

The whole celebrity culture thing - I'm fascinated by, and repelled by, and yet I end up knowing about it.

The mark of a good book is it changes every time you read it.

I suppose if you've never bitten your nails, there isn't any way to explain the habit. It's not enjoyable, really, but there is a certain satisfaction - pride in a job well done.

In my opinion, the ability to love another person is one of God's greatest gifts, and I thank God every day for enabling me to give and share love with the people in my life.

Learning what you don't want to do is the next best thing to figuring out what you want to do.

Be honest about what you see, get out of the way and let the story reveal itself

You can't stop suffering, you can't stop terrible things from happening, but you can bear witness... The least us reporters can do is go there and tell their stories.

Anyone who has experienced a certain amount of loss in their life has empathy for those who have experienced loss.

If you feel like an outsider, you tend to observe things a lot more.

The people I admire most hadn't really followed a particular path that was visible when they were on it.

Other people's stories may become part of your own, the foundation of it, the ground it goes on.

The more clearly you understand yourself and your emotions, the more you become a lover of what is.

She is brave and strong and broken all at once. As she speaks it is as if her existence is no longer real to her in itself, more like a living epitaph to a life that was.

For Pleasure, Delight, Peace and Felicity live in method and temperance.

The requirements of health, and the style of female attire which custom enjoins, are in direct antagonism to each other.

Lebanon was under Israeli occupation, up to its capital, but we did not consider that a disaster. Why? Because it was very clear that there are ways to resist.

In addition to the artistic influences, I am influenced by my current private life, my feelings about it and my energy level and state of health.

A lifetime of glory is worth a moment of pain. Louie thought: Let go.

The library (in the migrant community) I grew up in was my only link to the outside world.

Reading just had a great five-man move that involved everyone.