“The mildest, drowsiest sister has been known to turn tiger if her sibling is in trouble. ”

“To the outside world we all grow old. But not to brothers and sisters. We know each other as we always were. We know each other's hearts. We share private family jokes. We remember family feuds and secrets, family griefs and joys. We live outside the touch of time.”

“I want my Ala to look at her father and see a man, not a coward.”

“It irritates me to be told how things have always been done. I defy the tyranny of precedent. I cannot afford the luxury of a closed mind.”

“I have an almost complete disregard of precedent, and a faith in the possibility of something better. It irritates me to be told how things have always been done. I defy the tyranny of precedent. I go for anything new that might improve the past.”

“When life gives you a lemon, chuck it right back.... and add a few lemons of your own.”

“The surest test of discipline is it's absence.”