I guess some stories do not need telling.

Now, no matter what the mullah teaches, there is only one sin, only one. And that is theft. Every other sin is a variation of theft.

I guess some stories do not need telling.

It's a funny thing... but people mostly have it backward. They think they live by what they want. But really, what guides them is what they're afraid of. What they don't want.

[Flying kite with my friends] is one of the seminal memories of growing up for me.

A sudden happiness catches me unawares. I feel it trickling into me, and my eyes go liquid with gratitude and hope.

War doesn't negate decency. It demands it, even more than in times of peace.