“We're all born with the greatest treasures we'll ever have in life. One of those treasures is your mind, another is your heart.”

“the reverse side of love is unbearable loss.”

“I loved her in spite of myself. I loved her immeasurably.Infinitely. And I feared that love as much as I feared my own fury at theworld.”

“She loved beyond measure, When I was young I thought her cold. But in time I came to understand that she was too tender for the world shed been born into, I said. Sorrow gave Dalia an iron gift. Be...”

“I know she is crying. Her tears fall on the wrong side, into the bottomless well inside her.”

“Always" is a good word to believe in.”

“I have to return some videotapes”

“In the present case it is a little inaccurate to say I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible to any public off...”

“...[G]reat progress was evident in the last Congress of the American 'Labour Union' in that among other things, it treated working women with complete equality. While in this respect the English, a...”

“...literary translators are the interpreters of human values - and the true peacemakers.”

“The sign was spray-painted in Arabic and English, probably from some attempt by the farmer to sell his wares in the market. The English read: Dates-best price. Cold Bebsi. "Bebsi?" I asked."Pepsi,"...”

“ I live on remnants of dreams”

“When someone criticizes you, give them two gifts- your smile and a compliment.”

“Always forget to complain, but never forget to appreciate and compliment.”

“Never has it been inappropriate for a girl to wear a red dress.”