She lived in fear of his shifting moods, his volatile temperament, his insistence on steering even mundane exchanges down a confrontational path that, on occasion, he would resolve with punches, slaps, kicks, and sometimes try to make amends for with polluted apologies, and sometimes not.

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

If America taught me anything, it's that quitting is right up there with pissing in the Girl Scouts' lemonade jar.

Michael Bealmear is a philanthropist, and he has become interested in the issue of refugees, and he proposed that we do an event in his community, where we could dedicate an entire evening focused on the global refugee crisis, focused primarily on Afghanistan.

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

For a novelist, it’s kind of an onerous burden to represent an entire culture. That said, I’m in a unique position to speak on behalf of Afghanistan on certain issues that I feel are important, particularly the issue of Afghan refugees.

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