I've always been interested in foreign relations. It's my belief that study of history should be our preparation for understanding the present rather than an escape from it.

It touched me to be trusted with something terrible.

In the end, I always act from the heart, even if I also value reason and tradition. I wish I could explain why, but I don't know.

It was not the brutality of what occurred next that changed my mind and brought home to me the full meaning of fear. It was the brilliance of it.

You are a total stranger and you want to take my library book.

When you handle books all day long, every new one is a friend and a temptation.

Bulgarians eat tarator every single day in summer. They think of it as salad although we'd call it a soup. You can make it as thick or thin as you like depending on how much water you add. It's very practical in summer because yogurt cools the body faster than water, but the water hydrates you.