The mirror had no power. The mirror was just a piece of silvered glass

The worst readers are those who behave like plundering troops: they take away a few things they can use, dirty and confound the remainder, and revile the whole.

Terrorism can never be accepted. We must fight it together, with methods that do not compromise our respect for the rule of law and human rights, or are used as an excuse for others to do so.

If there was one thing she was learning from all this, it was how easy it was to lose everything you had always thought you'd have forever.

No one is really miserable who has not tried to cheapen life.

I always pull over for people who need a push.

You can't pussyfoot around. When you're talking to lions, you can't meow like a pussycat.

The idea of "karma" reeks of primitive religious superstition, so I don't place a lot of stock in it.

People think that we bought a lot of things during Nawaz Sharif's time and that I am very close to him. I have never met Nawaz Sharif, one to one, in my life.

Epithets are not arguments. Abuse does not persuade.

Fear is a fire to temper courage and resolve. Use it so.