I've always been baffled by critics of the CIA, who are horrified that it does illegal things. That is the purpose of an intelligence service: to perform illegal acts.

(F)iction is...what ought to have been, not what actually was. At least, not exactly.

Or they'll talk about fear, which we used to call politics- job politics, social politics, government politics

Pray for the prosperity of your soul.

Money Can’t Buy Happiness but It Beats the Hell out of Poverty.

I'm a South Asian female that talks about relationships and periods and dating and all these things.

I hope I never become so used to the world that it no longer seems wonderful.

I don’t know what to tell you, Perry. Life’s hard. Love’s harder

hate has no literature: real fear and real hate have no words

There is about as much educational benefit to be gained in studying dolphins in captivity as there would be studying mankind by only observing prisoners held in solitary confinement.

If you don't have a cause bigger than yourself, you won't get beyond yourself.

God will never allow a challenge that will surmount us; we are always greater than our challenges.