The voice, Afghan matchmakers say, is more than half of love.

nothing grieves more deeply or pathetically than one half of a great love that isn’t meant to be.

We carry oceans inside of us, in our blood and our sweat. And we are crying the oceans, in our tears.

The truth is that the man I am was born in those moments, as I stood near the flood sticks with my face lifted to the chrismal rain. Shantaram. The better man that, slowly, and much too late, I began to be.

Optimism is the first cousin of love, and it's exactly like love in three ways: it's pushy, it has no real sense of humour, and it turns up where you least expect it.

Justice is a judgement that is both fair and forgiving. Justice is not done until everyone is satisfied, even those who offend us and must be punished by us. You can see, by what we have done with these two boys, that justice is not only the way we punish those who do wrong. It is also the way we try to save them.

Sometimes, you have to surrender before you win.