Honesty can be painful, but it's always better than bullshit.

Europe is like the Roman Empire - indulged, decadent, flooded with immigrants and unprepared to fight for its culture.

The family is the single most important institution in Afghan culture. It is described in the countrys constitution as the fundamental pillar of society.

The bad news is you're falling through the air, nothing to hang on to, no parachute. The good news is, there's no ground.

At an early age, you started hearing it: It's a virtue to be "well-rounded." ... They might as well have said : Become as dull as you possibly can be.

Life is very, very short, and you can choose to live it how you want. You can choose to dumb yourself down and not express yourself just so you can fit in, just so people won't dislike you.

I knew her well enough to understand that when Delia pushed you away, it was her way of making sure she didn't get shoved first.

I definitely am the kind of person that fluctuates up and down. I work really hard for a certain project and then I'm like, 'Oh, I'm done.'

Mercy is not what every criminal is entitled to. What he is entitled to is justice.

I think of novels as houses. You live in them over the course of a long period, both as a reader and as a writer.

Ever since I was young, I have wanted to help others live happy, healthy, fulfilling lives.

It is through symbols that man consciously or unconsciously lives, works and has his being.