War is like night, she said. It covers everything.

Gratitude is a word that I cherish. Gratitude is what defines the happiness and humanity of the human being.

My students are very special. They are my source of pride, my source of joy, my source of hope. I am terribly fond of my students.

Will you join me in hearing the case for keeping weapons from those who preach death to Israel and America?

Suffering pulls us farther away from other human beings. It builds a wall made of cries and contempt to separate us.

I don't think [governments] use [religious repression ] as a weapon, they use it as a as a means of - of oppression. To stifle opposition. To mute resistance.

I write to understand as much as to be understood.