But thanks to the efforts, the initiative of the United States and of the several countries from the world, from Europe, including Turkey, it ended within a few weeks.

But if we leave them alone, just satisfying ourselves with social work, economic work and the building up of a national army, it can make progress, hopefully within a short time.

Ataturk sent several Turkish staff officers to Afghanistan, helped them build their own army.

And it is essential that in fighting terrorism, sacrifices should not be made on democracy.

We have in the last two years, we have passed 350 legislation in the parliament, most of which deal with democratization, human rights, and of course, economy.

Those wanting to improve democracy in their countries should not wait for permission.

It can be rebuilt if other countries with selfish interests will not meddle, as has been done in the past.

We have been helping, trying to help Afghanistan in many ways, even from the beginning of... the beginnings of the '20s, 1920s, when he we were fighting our own national struggle.

And the separatist terrorist organization, PKK, had easy access to Turkey to, inside Turkey.

Another circumstance, too, worried me in those days: that there was no one like me and I was unlike anyone else. "I am alone and they are everyone, " I thought–and pondered.

It is easier for women to succeed in business, the arts, and politics in America than in Europe.

I don't find it a struggle to maintain a healthy diet now as my palate has changed. I don't crave rich food.

I think quite often we hold onto trauma because we don't process it.

Life's all about making choices. You've made the choice to pick up the pieces and keep going, even when you've been devastated over and over again.

How dare you ever in ya life walk past me without acknowledging their man as God.

Life is like a box of terrible analogies.

A fly, Sir, may sting a stately horse and make him wince; but, one is but an insect, and the other is a horse still.

I clench his hands to the point of pain. "Stay with me." His pupils contract to pinpoints, dialate again rapidly, and then return to something resembling normalcy. "Always," he murmurs.

Fatherhood didnt change me in the beginning very much.