A writer should show the silver in his hands neither as bronze nor as gold

Freedom means either be mindful or do not mind.

I found I was more confident when I stopped trying to be someone else’s definition of beautiful and started being my own.

Where you used to be there is a hole in the world which I find myself constantly walking around in the daytime and falling into at night. I miss you like hell.

When the enemy is driven back, we have failed, and when he is cut off, encircled and dispersed, we have succeeded.

To put more faith in lies and hate than truth and love, is the true atheism.

Dad bought me a toy drum one Christmas and I eventually destroyed it. I wanted a real drum and he bought me a snare drum. Dad continued to buy me one drum after the other.

Sending you sincere condolences and the wish that the passing of time eases your sorrow.

You can't get rid of poverty by giving people money.

I think we are making a mistake, a very big mistake if we look at what we call the Arab Awakening only by looking at the whole dynamics in political and not in economic terms.

There is nothing like oratory, it is a skill that can turn a commoner into a king.