And so we continued to live in fear, hoping that we would not get caught. Fear had become our constant companion at this dreadful Lashkar-e-Taiba camp.

Please don’t be upset. The last thing in the world I want is to see you upset and that too with me. It’s terrifying to see your beautiful eyes turn red with anger.

It is too bad that most Olympians do not train as hard as the Lashkar jihadis whose main aim in life is to kill people.

My grandma always said that God made libraries so that people didn't have any excuse to be stupid.

Love comforts, it is gentle, it is warm and you can feel it within your entire being.

Unless one says goodbye to what one loves and unless one travels to completely new territories one can expect merely a long wearing away of oneself.

I'm not super comfortable in my skin. I have to make it work for me, and that usually amounts to making it uncomfortable for everyone else.

Realize that from the start, every activity that comprises the journey has value and the ability to teach you something.

It is play and only play that makes man complete.

Who bides his time tastes the sweet Of honey in the saltiest tear; And though he fares with slowest feet Joy runs to meet him drawing near.

People should practice an art in order to make their souls grow and not to make money or become famous. Paint a picture. Write.

Whoever is loved is beautiful, but the opposite is not true, that whoever is beautiful is loved.

Most writing doesn’t take place on the page; it takes place in your head.