"Black does not signify the darkness related to death or nothingness, but a darkness that combines everything and holds the possibility of creation, a temporary death that embraces rebirth."

“Everyone wouldn't just accept that I wanted to be a fighter - because I wasn't someone that they envisioned could or would be a fighter.”

Source : Source: www.usmagazine.com

“Tennis has always been a big challenge to me and to be able to play that kind of tennis - well, only tennis can produce these feelings for me.”

“(Egypt) is a great place for contrasts: splendid things gleam in the dust.”

“The fact is that poetry is not the books in the library . . . Poetry is the encounter of the reader with the book, the discovery of the book.”

“The thing to do is to keep your mind when the world around you is losing theirs.”

“It is never too late to do anything in life.”

“Your guess is as good as mine.”

Source : "5 problems with California's 'affirmative consent' bill" by Ashe Schow, www.washingtonexaminer.com. August 28, 2014.

“I would like to see the gay population get on board with feminism. It's a beautiful organisation and they've done so much. It seems to me a no-brainer.”