"Malibu: With sounds of waves crashing, and the ocean at the doorstep, you feel like you are hours away from civilization. And with L.A. traffic, YOU ARE."

“It's not about finding ways to avoid God's judgment and feeling like a failure if you don't do everything perfectly. It's about fully experiencing God's love and letting it perfect you. It's not about being somebody you are not. It's about becoming who you really are.”

“People who talk a lot about their victimization make me uncomfortable. It's as if they use their suffering as weapons or badges of some kind.”

Source : Joy Kogawa (1983). “Obasan”, Harmondsworth, Middlesex ; Markham, Ont. : Penguin Books

“I don't care if it's politics, religion or football. I believe you have to keep opening your mind. And shut your mouth sometimes!”

“As relationships progress, the time you spend smooching diminishes. Where kissing was once an enjoyable entree unto itself, it becomes a mere appetizer couples hasten through on the way to the main course.”

“She ( Margaret Thatcher )is democratic enough to talk down to anyone”

“The Presence is our own presence. We are not getting anything from the outside. We already have all we need inside.”

“The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.”

“I believe man-made climate change is one of the most serious threats that this country and this world face.”