The only thing worse than regretting the things you've done is regretting the things you didn't do.

Resentment is like a drug. Once you pick it up, it will only get worse and worse until you surrender and do the work to let it go.

Don't let fear outweigh what you feel.

There's a fine line between career criminals and career professionals because most of us fall somewhere in between.

For many Sudanese, it's for strength they choose to be Christian rather than Muslim. My mum was a Muslim but she became a Christian later.

Hee that demands misseth not, unlesse his demands be foolish.

No man can climb the ladder of success without first placing his foot on the bottom rung.

This country has a mental health problem disguised as a gun problem, and a tyranny problem disguised as a security problem.

Nick as in my former boyfriend Nick. Ex-rat, ex-boyfriend, ex-alive if I ever got hold of him Nick.

I probably spend more time with my kids than the average stay-at-home mother.

Compassion is nothing one feels with the intellect alone. Compassion is particular; it is never general.

The primary and literal meaning of the Bible, then, is its centripetal or poetic meaning.

I think that the nightmares are telling me things about myself that I need to know. And I try to understand what they mean, so I can get to know something more about my soul.

I've been interested in autism since I've known about it, which is more or less since I've been writing.