Grief knits two hearts in closer bonds than happiness ever can; and common sufferings are far stronger links than common joys.

A conscience without God is like a court without a judge.

If one had but a single glance to give the world, one should gaze on Istanbul.

Sometimes, only one person is missing, and the whole world seems depopulated.

And in spite of David and Jonathan, Hamlet and Horatio, Caesar and Antony, Bush and Blair, women have a greater gift, I think, for friendship.

In the words of Marcel Proust - and this applies to any woman in the world - if you can stay up and listen with a fair degree of attention to whatever garbage,…

I believe that everyone is the keeper of a dream- and by tuning into one another's secret hopes, we can become better friends, better partners, better parents,…