When I was 18, I couldn't wait to move away. I was like: 'If I ever have to come back here, I'll kill myself.' Glasgow seemed like failure and death to me back then, but not any more.

You can't regret a whole period in your life. . . . It's part of who you are, one of your stories.

It's not that the grass is greener on the other side, it's that you can never be on both sides of the lawn at the same time.

London on your own actually seems more exotic than Egypt on a tour.

It isn't such a bad thing to always know that someone on the other side of the world cares about you.

English is a beautiful language, a remarkably precise language with a million words to choose from to deliver your exact shade of meaning.

The fundamental condition of man is his verticality.

If miracles were easy, the would be everywhere.

My father taught me not to overthink things, that nothing will ever be perfect, so just keep moving and do your best.

God created our souls to be satisfied only with the divine everlastingness of the Word made flesh.

To his and everybody else's way of thinking, you should build a house with your own hands before you start talking about being an engineer.

If a man is dumb, someone is going to get the best of him, so why not you? If you don't, you're as dumb as he is

To believe, it seemed, one had to want to believe.

Youth lives in an atmosphere of energy waiting to make contact.

Afghanistan is a land-locked country.

As far as I am concerned, no road that would lead us to health is either arduous or expensive.

I in my own house am an emperor, And will defend what's mine.