Afghanistan is a rural nation, where 85 percent of people live in the countryside. And out there it's very, very conservative, very tribal - almost medieval.

Attention shifted to him like sunflowers turning to the sun.

hills that stand soft and a sky that stands high and blue, and the sun setting behind a windmill, and always, always, hazy strings of mountains that fall and fall away on the horizon.

One could not count the moons that shimmer on her roofs, Or the thousand splendid suns that hide behind her walls.

And that's the thing about people who mean everything they say. They think everyone else does too.

A man who has no conscience, no goodness, does not suffer.

Nothing good came free. Even love. You paid for all things. And if you were poor, suffering was your currency.

But time, it is like charm. You never have as much as you think.

The desert weed lives on, but the flower of spring blooms and wilts.

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.

Quiet is peace. Tranquility. Quiet is turning down the volume knob on life. Silence is pushing the off button. Shutting it down. All of it.

We were not meant to read stories anymore. We were too busy writing our own.

Don't fear the unknown for it may be the change you're looking for. And, once you've crossed that bridge be prepared to change once again for the only for sure in life is change.

Lie. Lie. Lie. But remember.Move. Move. While others sleep, move.

It is an extra dividend when you like the girl you've fallen in love with.

When you recover or discover something that nourishes your soul and brings joy care enough about yourself to make room for it in your life.

A few question marks are being asked in the Honduran defence

I write with my past, about the future, for the present

The time has to be right and the heart willing.

We're all trying to be artists making our own unique statements. I think the only real way to do that is through failure.

I think the Matrix effect is over-used and I don't do it anymore.