“You and your siblings are the most precious part of my life. And of all my children, you have the most potential to go anywhere you wish in this world your test scores and grades have always been ...”

“Its not a bad thing, if youre responsible about it. Just dont start having boyfriends. Wait until youve found your husband. And how am I supposed to find a husband if I cant have a boyfriend until ...”

“And you can do far more for us from America than you can from here, where youre just another defenseless Christian. So if you really want to help, Inas, then youll go to the very best school you ca...”

“It will all work out, Inas. You come from a long line of survivors and strong women. So everything will be fine in the end. And we are always with you in spirit, to guide you and love you.”

“Im not sure. But unless Im struggling with the darkness within I like to sustain the illusion that death is actually much further from me than it really is.”

“Compartmentalization is an unconscious psychological defense mechanism employed to avoid cognitive dissonance.”

“Only the broken beyond repair could know my anguish.”

“Feeling my own humiliation in my heart like the sharp prick of a needle.”

“Love is blind and now he prove that to me. He left me alone . But when she left me I now realizee that my true love is God.”

“God turns you from one feeling to another and teaches by means of opposites so that you will have two wings to fly, not one”

“But why, why, why can't people just say what they mean?”

“Don't be afraid to be confused. Try to remain permanently confused. Anything is possible. Stay open, forever, so open it hurts, and then open up some more, until the day you die, world without end,...”

“She was an idiot. An adorable, gorgeous, feisty, funny, sweet, sexy idiot.”

“Did you miss me?A little bit, she said with a shrug.You have tears running down your cheeks, he said with a grin. I think you missed me more than a little.”

“I don't know what the future holds. I only know that I want to be with you. You and me. Everything else is negotiable.”