All that sadness. All that anger. It is the smoke that gets into your eyes. If you do not blow it away, how can you hope to see?

I believe that, by and large, people are good and everybody you meet is more likely to surprise you in a positive way than in a negative way.

You cannot defeat your enemies until you know who they are.

He hadn't done anything. He hadn't needed to. Just being there was enough.

There are many things in life that cannot be explained.

I have a couple of questions," he said. "Do, please, go ahead." "My first one is for Yassen Gregorovich." He turned to the Russian. "Why are you working for this lunatic?" "I sometimes think that I was richer when I was eight years old than most people will be in their lifetime!" "Do we have to listen to this?" Alex asked.

My father was aloof, very strange and very distant.