For most men, a stepford wife would bore them to tears after a couple of weeks

When I walked out of the house with hijab on, i felt beautiful in the eyes of Allah. I felt protected, shielded - i just felt somebody was watching over me' - Nadia, a reverted Muslim

There is no future without a past, because what is to be cannot be imagined except as a form of repetition.

The glorious thing for you always has consequences for others.

You obviously can't cast Brad [Pitt] as an everyman guy because he just brings way too much baggage.

It’s too bad that stupidity isn’t painful.

Have you seen that magazine Barely Legal? That means when you look at it, you're almost a pedophile.

I was writing a chapter of Beautiful Evidence on the subject of the sculptural pedestal, which led to my thinking about what's up on the pedestal - the great leader.

It's hard and continuous dedication that brings lasting results.

In fact, by universal grammar I mean just that system of principles and structures that are the prerequisites for acquisition of language, and to which every language necessarily conforms.

Cupid makes it his sport to pull the warrior's plum.

I was a monster, a problem child.