From here [the Gaza withdrawal], our people begin the march towards establishing an independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital

I simply want tomorrow to be better than today. I want Palestine to be independent and sovereign... Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand.

I can certainly put myself in Israel's shoes. They are humans just like we are. They want peace and security inside their borders.

We cannot build foundations of a state without rule of law.

We cannot build a viable state with a country that is disintegrating into small pieces.

The little jihad is over, and now we have the bigger jihad - the bigger battle is achieving security and economic growth

We always have hoped that American diplomacy deploys itself in dialogue and persuasion rather than by ultimatums. That is the path we want in international relations.

If you run from a leaking roof you'll end up with a flood.

We want the Israelis to leave. They want to leave - so let us let them leave.

No state on earth can afford to allow several authorities to co-exist next to one another.

We have lost a very important religious figure who dedicated his life to peace and justice for all. [on the death of Pope John Paul II

I didn’t know that the times we spent together on the weekends, the times that we laughed together, and the times you helped me out was your way of silently wishing me a beautiful goodbye.

I am not here to merely argue about the perplexities regarding theism or philosophy, but to be a light to the world and to reach out to those who long to be a part of that light.

As different as a moonbeam from lightning, or frost from fire.

A kiss that is never tasted, is forever and ever wasted.

Listen, my words have never been described as the most eloquent, but I stick by the passion behind them. I do hate Donald Trump.

I work for two years on a book and it comes out and two days later I've got my first e-mail: When is the next one coming out?

Every setback might be the very thing that makes you carry on and fight all the harder and become much better.

Strange, when you ask anyone's advice you see yourself what is right.

I wound up studying art and design, got a job at Lonely Planet Publications as a designer, cartographer and illustrator.

It is unsafe to take your reader for more of a fool than he is.