I brought Hassan’s son from Afghanistan to America, lifting him from the certainty of turmoil and dropping him in a turmoil of uncertainty

A boy who won't stand up for himself becomes a man who can't stand up to anything.

I’m all you have in this world Mariam, and when I’m gone you’ll have nothing. You ARE nothing!

The rope that pulls you from the flood can become a noose around your neck.

I feel like we [americans] are a unique nation in this world, in that we are able to implement great change in our society over a relatively short period of time. What takes centuries in Europe, we accomplish in a generation.

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

Quiet is peace. Tranquility. Quiet is turning down the volume knob on life. Silence is pushing the off button. Shutting it down. All of it.