The soldier stared at Ingrid. His silence was elastic, slowly curling a rope around her neck.

Killers aren't always assassins. Sometimes, they don't even have blood on their hands.

I didn't need his criticism. I carried enough guilt on my own. I had done everything wrong. I had the highest marks in school but couldn't master common sense.

What did I want? I wanted the war to be over so I could ask her out.

Just when you think this war has taken everything you loved, you meet someone and realize that somehow you still have more to give.

Revolting. If women were so careless to become pregnant at such a time, let women sort it out.

Everyone has a price, ” she said.“But clearly not everyone has a soul,

War had bled color from everything, leaving nothing but a storm of gray.

What had human beings become? Did war make us evil or just activate an evil already lurking within us?

My war had been so long, my winter so cold. But i had made it home. And for the first time in a long time, i was not afraid.

I wanted to stay locked away from the pain and destruction. I didn't want to be strong. I didn't want to be the 'smart girl'. I was so very tired. I just wanted it all to be over.

Unpredictability is beauty of life. Struggle makes it interesting and worth living.अनिश्चितता जीवन का सौंदर्य है। संघर्ष इसे रोचक और जीने के लायक बनाता है।

Sparks are warm while they last.

My greatest friend is truth.

My mom dressed me in silk to go to elementary school.

If you don't know something, admit it. But, try to impress them with what you do know.

It's quite difficult for me to imagine my life without chess.

The extraordinary is waiting quietly beneath the skin of all that is ordinary.

Being in Hollywood is like being in the Christian right these days.

I believe in past lives but I know nothing about mine and I don't want to know. I live in the present, taking one day at a time.