A system devolving power to the regions is the route to a viable Iraq.

Iraq's government is at a stalemate.

For anyone who wanted to throw away his watch, along with his past, this was the place.

Do you know the one about how politics is show business for the ugly? State politics is show business for ugly people who can't remember their lines.

Nobody ever lived in the past.

In dating, if you say no, your lover goes on to the next person. In marriage, if you say no, the person stays.

There is no such thing as an ideal man. The ideal man is the man you love at the moment.

You curl your hair and paint your face. Not I: I am curled by the wind, painted by the sun.

It's easier to make up sayings people like to hear than sayings they like to heed.

Many people today in the developed countries are so far removed from poverty and suffering and starvation that they lack empathy for the sufferings of others.

....and when Tatiana lifted her glistening eyes to him, Alexander was looking down at her with his I’ll-get-on-the-bus-for-you-anytime face.

Be friends first when you're dating. If it turns into something more, that's awesome, and if not you have another friend.