But if you have a book that needs urgent reading,' she said, 'then Hakim is your man.

What good is regret? It brings back nothing. What we have lost is irretrievable.

You say their stories, it is gift they give you.

That's how children deal with terror, they fall asleep.

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.

I'm a pretty uncomplicated person. I live a very simple life with my family and I enjoy very ordinary things.

You've always been a tourist here. You just didn't know it.