It will all work out, Inas. You come from a long line of survivors and strong women. So everything will be fine in the end. And we are always with you in spirit, to guide you and love you.

Honest dishonesty. That’s quite the oxymoron – but I like the originality that you’ve brought to bear in the art of rationalization. Maybe you should consider becoming a lawyer, ” he added jokingly.

I’m not sure. But – unless I’m struggling with the darkness within – I like to sustain the illusion that death is actually much further from me than it really is.

Compartmentalization is an unconscious psychological defense mechanism employed to avoid cognitive dissonance.

Sometimes violence is necessary to prevent even more violence, ” I concluded, almost as if it were an epiphany.

Because in the end, we die. It’s like Chekhov observed in so many of his plays: ‘in two hundred years, no one will even know we were here.

Don’t invite envy to your house – you never know who will show up, ” she used to warn me.

All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.” (Edmund Burke)

Isn’t it better just to make your own money, and then spend it how and when you want, and with dignity?

So if you choose me, then you have declared me more special to you than anyone else, because only one man can have that honor.

When you walk in the light, all the darkness around you shall disappear.

The ultimate goal of writing is forgiveness.

Turn your wound into wisdom, then help people to find true freedom.

I couldn't be two faced. If I had two faces, I wouldn't wear this one.

The new discovery of a 3.3 billion barrel oil deposit off Norway's coast cements that nation's claim to being Europe's second largest oil producer.

Now go away then, and leave me alone. I don't want any more of your meretricious persiflage.

...we are all somehow dreadfully cracked about the head, and sadly need mending.

Patient waiting is often the highest way of doing God's will.

The EU must take on new responsibilities. And these new responsibilities call for intensifying the integration process.

We don't have two lives-a "spiritual" life here and a "regular" life there. Our life in Christ is one unified lifestyle, and it is who we are wherever we are.