I don't want to be a victim. I don't want to disappear into the darkness.

That's what careless words do. They make people love you a little less.

Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing.

There's really no such thing as the 'voiceless'. There are only the deliberately silenced, or the preferably unheard.

Wars are never fought for altruistic reasons. They're usually fought for hegemony, for business. And then of course there's the business of war.

He folded his fear into a perfect rose. He held it out in the palm of his hand. She took it from him and put it in her hair.

Ammu said that human beings were creatures of habit, and it was amazing the kind of things one could get used to.

...a political struggle that does not have women at the heart of it, above it, below it, and within it is no struggle at all.

She viewed ethnic cleansing, famine and genocide as direct threats to her furniture.

Empathy may be the single most important quality that must be nurtured to give peace a fighting chance.

NGOs are dangerous. They do what the missionaries used to do in Colonial times. They are Trojan Horses. The worse the situation, the more the NGOs.

solitude is not absence of love, but its complement

at least a fifth of all mammalian species are bats.

I preferred delivering my performance in person. I liked to be in control. You couldn't be in films.

Character is destiny, and politicians usually get the scandals they deserve, with a sense of inevitability about them.

May we all emerge from winter with our strength renewed and any unwanted pieces left under the ice.

I would switch roles with Madonna for a day. Or if Audrey Hepburn was still alive, Audrey Hepburn. I love Audrey Hepburn. She's one of my idols also.

Right now I’m inspired to fight for the honour of my country.

Anything that works against you can also work for you once you understand the Principle of Reverse.

Never meddle with play-actors, for they're a favoured race.

History is the siren song of the soul.