Scars speak more loudly than the sword that caused them.

What is success? It is being able to go to bed each night with your soul at peace

For a writer you have to be interested in different cultures, different backgrounds. You are not there to write only about your village. You're there to show a bit of your village, but also to understand other villages.

A good, true, intense love is not complete without madness.

When we're interested in something, everything around us appears to refer to it (the mystics call these phenomena "signs," the sceptics "coincidence," and psychologists "concentrated focus," although I've yet to find out what term historians should use).

Judging yourself to be full of virtue paralyses. Judging yourself to be full of guilt also paralyses.

Love is an unconditional commitment to an imperfect person. To love somebody isn`t just a strong feeling. It is a decision, a judgment, and a promise.