The only words free of suspicious motives will be the ones I find in books.

We can help pave the roads of those around us, but we can't choose their direction.

Even prisoners can escape if they have books.

Pain moves us forward, changing us into something else, something we need to be.

Arjun: ...the men are talking because you're beautiful.Sita: ...I would much rather they talk about me because I'm skilled.

Sometimes, Anu, we have to take actions that make us sad because it's the right thing to do for the future.

Some people are so impoverished all they have is gold.

When a storm comes, bamboo bends. It doesn't break.

We've all done things we'd rather keep in the dark. It's only by shedding light on them that our demons can disappear.

Grandmother was like an opal. You could never be sure which colors were really there and which were just tricks of the light.

To hell with facts! We need stories!

Get out of my brain!

I've been playing the drums since age nine.

there is direction but there is no destination

Be passionate about your life and the experiences you fill it with.

I can make them voting machines sing Home Sweet Home.

The purpose of art is to bring people into presence.

An actor is an expert at being someone else. A speaker is an expert at being themselves.

Love for yourselves means [in the end] love for everything.

Cosmetics is a boon to every woman, but a girl's best beauty aid is still a near-sighted man.