I had actually, after the Paris attacks in this country, we all patted ourselves on the back and said, "Well, we have a much more assimilated Muslim population here than they do in Europe."

Better a broken heart than a hardened one.

Everything I have experienced in my life helps form who I am today, and I would not change or forget any of it.

How women view religion's role in society is shaped more by their own country's culture and context than one monolithic view that religion is simply bad for women.

While economic development [in Egypt] made a few people rich, it left many more worse off. As people felt less and less free, they also felt less and less provided for.

They're still out there talking about gun control measures, as if somehow terrorists care about what our gun laws are.

If no one can do that, yeah, Donald Trump better man the lifeboats, because there's some significant chance he'll win the nomination.

Human development, not secularization, is what's key to women's empowerment in the transforming Middle East.

I'm hearing here that this Muslim movement, well, for women, is what we have to focus on. And women have been doing, I think, the right thing. Having the conversations, talking to people about that.

I think the blood is spilling in Syria and it's mostly Muslims.

I'm not in the business of changing policies. I hope to inform, not form, decisions.

Deepen your knowledge about your role in the society

There is in each person, in every animal, bird and plant a star which mirrors, matches or is in some sense the same as a star in the heavens.

Steam is no stronger now than it was a hundred years ago but it is put to better use.

I still get wildly enthusiastic about little things... I play with leaves. I skip down the street and run against the wind.

It's exciting for people to define who they are in relation to what I write - whether it be by loving or hating it.

I've learned... that just one person saying to me, 'You've made my day!' makes my day.

To have a grievance is to have a purpose in life. It not infrequently happens that those who hunger for hope give their allegiance to him who offers them a grievance.

You can talk about your Psalms and your John 3:16. Well, Austin 3:16 says I just whooped your *ss.

Steve Mosby has become one of a handful of writers who make me excited about crime fiction.

Wars teach us not to love our enemies, but to hate our allies.