He knew I betrayed him and yet he was rescuing me once again, maybe for the last time.

And that's the thing about people who mean everything they say. They think everyone else does too.

There is only one sin. and that is theft... when you tell a lie, you steal someones right to the truth.

People say that eyes are windows to the soul.

If there's a God out there, then i would hope he has more important things to attend to than my drinking scotch or eating pork.

Time can be a greedy thing-sometimes it steals the details for itself.

I finally had what I'd wantes all those years. Except now that I had it, i felt as empty as this unkempt pool I was dangling my legs into.

Your job today is to pass gas. You do that and we can start feeding you liquids. No fart, no food.

Sad stories make good books

In the end, the world always wins. That's just the way of things.

Years later, I learned an English word for the creature that Assef was, a word for which a good Farsi equivalent does not exist: sociopath.

In our memories the stories of our lives defy chronology, resist transcription: past ambushes present, and future hurries into history.

Even if you do learn to speak correct English, whom are you going to speak it to?

I'm pretty goofy and I make a lot of dumb jokes - life is too short to be serious, so I guess that's how I flirt. To be honest, I think I'm too shy and reserved to be a proper old fashioned flirt.

Internal reform in Russia would require a better relationship with the West.

You look good, you feel good. You feel good, you fight good.

If the choice is go to war or end up with an American city hit by weapon of mass destruction, then the choice is easy.

Life is a struggle and a good spy gets in there and fights.

We must treat the disease of racism. This means we must understand the disease.

Progress is the stride of God.

I have known sorrow and learned to aid the wretched.