Life is not easy. Life is very harsh. We have to be strong. Otherwise, life will destroy us.

I'm homesick. But I cannot go back to Syria. I lost everything. And I'm against the Syrian regime, so there is no way to go back. I'm really homesick.

Despite everything - despite all this hatred, despite all this misunderstanding between nations and civilizations - I think love is the end. Love is the end.

As a writer, my weapon is my pen. I want to create more awareness about the people in Syria. This is the most important issue: protecting civilians in this crazy war.

There's a lot of sympathy, but some people in America don't care. They think Syria is a very faraway place and that it's none of their business.

I write in Arabic and prefer writing my stories by hand. I need a cup of tea or coffee when I write. When I was in Syria, I was addicted to tea, but now I'm addicted to Starbucks.

I turned into a swamp of inactivity, and because of this no one was able to see the gems in my depths.

You cannot hope to sweep someone else away by the force of your writing until it has been done to you.

Live your life to fullness of your sacred existence.

You'll see some bad things, but if you didn't see them, they'd still be happening.

For it pleased God, after he had made all things by the word of his power, to create man after his own image.

I don't believe all rich people are selfless philanthropists.

It's best not to get too excited or too depressed by the ups and downs of life.

Love is not getting, but giving; It is goodness, and honor, and peace and pure living.

I fell into the books, and left myself there for safekeeping.

I have heard myself accused of being an opponent, an enemy of mathematics, which no one can value more highly than I, for it accomplishes the very thing whose achievement has been denied me.

She grabbed his face and pulled him into a kiss, which effectively shut him up.