But better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.

Of all the hardships a person had to face, none was more punishing than the simple act of waiting.

Dr. Bashiri, if I ever want to put a curse in someone, I say, 'May God give you a restaurant.

I've read that if an avalanche buries you and you're lying there underneath all that snow, you can't tell which way is up or down. You want to dig yourself out but pick the wrong way, and you dig yourself to your own demise.

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.

Afghanistan is a rural nation, where 85 percent of people live in the countryside. And out there it's very, very conservative, very tribal - almost medieval.

Nothing wrong with cowardice as long as it comes with prudence. But when a coward stops remembering who he is... God help him.