"Even the saddest things can become, once we have made peace with them, a source of wisdom and strength."

“My "mission", if you can call it that, is to connect with my readers on an emotional level and have them come away with a stronger impression of the basic message in the story I am illustrating.”

Source : Source: www.teachingbooks.net

“As a Vietnamese refugee who became an American writer, I can tell you that you matter, that your sadness matters, the story of how you survived and triumphed matters. For every story that belongs to you, in time, belongs to America.”

Source : Andrew Lam (2010). “East Eats West: Writing in Two Hemispheres”, p.133, Heyday

“Depression as one example is an illness that has a chemical basis, but also is deeply embedded in cultural norms about gender, social class, race.”

Source : Big Think Interview, bigthink.com.

“I've several times had jobs that I thought were going to be my big break, and it didn't pan out.”

Source : Source: www.slate.com

“I do not believe that it is possible to teach a cat to obey; that is contrary to his nature.”

“One might as well try to perform brain surgery with a sledgehammer.”

“India has the purity, the innocence. India knows what it wants. There is a direction. It has so much to offer.”

Source : "Question time". Interview with Hannah Pool, www.theguardian.com. February 18, 2009.

“your actions with holds your future”