Terrorism is the symptom, not the disease.

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.

My son hit his head on a couch and pushed it away. He never went near that couch again. It is amazing what and 1 year old boy can teach you about life.

In our Impulsive nature to write and repulsive nature to read that has led to a decline in literary genius in our times!

Just because you felt like a failure in the past, doesn't mean you can't get back up again and make something better of your future.

It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A principle which if acted on would save one-half the wars of the world.

It's really important to have balance, spend some time in nature, go to a few parties, enjoy my friends and really chill out.

I've always eaten well and have a balanced diet.

I enjoy cooking for people I am close to.

Everything we do is based at adults.

Too much involvement with one's feeling [is destructive]. If they have too much self-centered feelings, they get in trouble.

And if she fell, he'd fall with her.