The past is a mirror that reflects the present.

When we hate someone, we hate in his image something within ourselves.

I'm a survivor. I'm not gonna give up. I'm not gonna stop. I'm gonna work harder.

"Stories are not just for bedtime. They are for anytime you need to escape, to dream, to laugh, or to cry."

I'm not trying to be the next somebody, I'm trying to be the first me.

The opposite of the religious fanatic is not the fanatical atheist but the gentle cynic who cares not whether there is a God or not. The atheist is a religious person. He believes in atheism as though it were a new religion.