Yet war doesn't end with armistice, it only ends with forgiveness and reconciliation.

We're often told that we live in a globalized world, and we talk about it all the time, but people don't stop to think about what it means.

If your face is swollen from the severe beatings of life, smile and pretend to be a fat man.

If I could not smile, I think my situation would be even more serious.

We must constantly dare ourselves in the small things, until courage becomes a habit of mind that will serve us when we are unexpectedly tested.

I think the recent cluster of WWII novels is so good because we have reached an optimal distance from the war. Just as a lens has its focal length, the novel also has its best distance from the action.

Looking after a very sick child was the Olympics of parenting.