Gone. Vanished. Nothing left. Nothing said.

And that, ...is the story of our country, one invasion after another...Macedonians. Saddanians. Arabs. Mongols. Now the Soviets. But we're like those walls up there. Battered, and nothing pretty to look at, but still standing.

There [in Afghanistan ] is a tremendous need for selter. So I am focusing most of the efforts of the foundation to building shelters for refugees in northern Afghanistan and we have already begun doing so.

There is only one sin. and that is theft... when you tell a lie, you steal someones right to the truth.

For a novelist, it's kind of an onerous burden to represent an entire culture.

It may be unfair, but what happens in a few days, sometimes even a single day, can change the course of a whole lifetime.

you say you have no courage, but i see it in you. what you did, the burden you agreed to shoulder, took courage. for that, i honor you.