There was a time when the women of Afghanistan - at least in Kabul - were out there. They were allowed to study, they were doctors and surgeons, walking free, wearing what they wanted. That was when it was under Soviet occupation. Then the United States starts funding the mujahideen. Reagan called them Afghanistan's "founding fathers." It reincarnates the idea of "jehad," virtually creates the Taliban.

Stable markets, unstable world. Efficiency. Everybody hears about it. It's enough to make you want to be pro-inefficiency and pro-corruption.

Ammu said that human beings were creatures of habit, and it was amazing the kind of things one could get used to.

The people who created the crisis in the first place will not be the ones that come up with a solution.

Smells, like music, hold memories. She breathed deep, and bottled it up for posterity.

Empathy may be the single most important quality that must be nurtured to give peace a fighting chance.

The revolution cannot be funded. It's not the imagination of trusts and foundations that's going to bring real change.