I have always looked on disobedience toward the oppressive as the only way to use the miracle of having been born.

We are an age without leaders. We stopped having leaders at the end of the 20th century

True power does not need arrogance, a long beard and a barking voice. True power strangles you with silk ribbons, charm and intelligence.

Sometimes the dead are more alive than the living. And they can kill the living.

But here's what I've learned in this war, in this country, in this city: to love the miracle of having been born.

You cannot survive if you do not know the past.

Whether it comes from a despotic sovereign or an elected president, from a murderous general or a beloved leader, I see power as an inhuman and hateful phenomenon.