The thought of writing was always pleasant, but the process was painful

The thing about getting older is that you don't need everything to be possible any more, you just need things to be certain.

If you think you are powerless, then you are

They were both lost in cities that would not pause even to shrug

while she wanted to look neither to her past nor her future, she lived exclusively in both. They had took different paths, but they had journeyed, so she realized, together.

He still smelled of limes. It made saliva come into her mouth. It made her feel that before she had been sleepy, and now she was awake.

Spreading rumours is our national past time

Don't be enslaved by your negative thoughts. It's your mind, so take control of it - now!

I rather have you win, because in God even those who are in second place are first.

Sistani’s office refuses the replacement of the law because it is not an Iraqi demand but it is a political demand to please some sides.

Just being sentient and in a body with the sun coming up is a state of rapture.

Humans are potentially capable of living in a state of consciousness compared to which normal wakefulness is like sleeping or dreaming.

The best things in life are never rationed. Friendship, loyalty, love do not require coupons.

Do not be afraid to talk about food. Food which is worth eating is worth discussing. And there is the occult power of words which somehow will develop its qualities.

The immoral profession of musical criticism must be abolished.

The conscious act of thinking about one's thoughts in a different way changes the very brain circuits that do that thinking.

When people have asked if I'd like to go in the Shuttle, I said you don't get to fly it, except for landing, which I'd love to do. I wouldn't go unless I could command it