I wondered if that was how forgiveness budded; not with the fanfare of epiphany, but with pain gathering its things, packing up, and slipping away unannounced in the middle of the night.

President Karzai is an incredibly kind and decent man. I had the pleasure of meeting him, and he genuinely cares for his people. But I think he had too much of a tendency to want to rule by listening to all voices at all times.

Children aren't coloring books. You don't get to fill them with your favorite colors.

I don't listen to music when I write - I find it distracting.

Air grew heavy, damp, almost solid. I was breathing bricks.

The bewildering success of my books continues to surprise me.

You can not stop you from being who you are.