Zendagi Migzara

And that's the thing about people who mean everything they say. They think everyone else does too.

There is only one sin. and that is theft... when you tell a lie, you steal someones right to the truth.

People say that eyes are windows to the soul.

If there's a God out there, then i would hope he has more important things to attend to than my drinking scotch or eating pork.

Time can be a greedy thing-sometimes it steals the details for itself.

I finally had what I'd wantes all those years. Except now that I had it, i felt as empty as this unkempt pool I was dangling my legs into.

Your job today is to pass gas. You do that and we can start feeding you liquids. No fart, no food.

Sad stories make good books

In the end, the world always wins. That's just the way of things.

Years later, I learned an English word for the creature that Assef was, a word for which a good Farsi equivalent does not exist: sociopath.

You can take my heart, you can take my breath when you pry it from my cold, dead chest.

Sacred souls experience sleepless nights. It is enormous strength for specific sacred work.

How is a sincere criminal, trying hard, going to get ahead in his profession if his victim fails to cooperate?

Ultimately politics in a democracy reflects values much more than it shapes them.

We are never trapped unless we choose to be.

I like church. It's empty when I go. I walk around. There are so many beautiful Catholic churches in New York.

There is absolutely no scientific basis or evidence for 'intelligent design.' It is simply a religious assertion, and it has no place in a science course.

There is an interesting resemblance in the speeches of dictators, no matter what country they may hail from or what language they may speak.

I think sometimes fate cuts you a break. Like it says, okay, you've had enough of that crap, so it's time you fell into something nice. See what you make out of it.

L.A.'s magic has let me see every level of the dream.