It's not the dying but the manner of it.

They do say that socialism is the ideal philosophy-just as long as you have capitalists to pay for it.

They have been taught nothing but destruction and learned nothing except that a man's desires can be achieved simply by killing anybody who stands in his way.

More than weapons, we need a leader.

Don't climb on others to get to the top

I liked being with the books: they reminded me of how many ways of thinking existed outside my own - how small and fleeting my pulse was when set alongside those ageing spines.

Florrie smiles with unmoderated joy, because she can't see that most people bank their happiness like it's something you might run out of

I am not a great believer in fairy tales. Every woman should fight hard for her own happy endings. Although occasionally it is nice to wake up as a princess.

I've always been an underdog. I feel like I beat the odds.

Retire for what? What would I do? I made my name as a person that is helping. I'm like Moses in the music business.

I like to box. It's a great release.

Your relationship with Allah, depends on the heart being clean.

For the traditional fantasies, a lot more of my research comes from reading rather than doing. I like my worlds to feel real, so I do a lot of world building research.

Everyone had a forever.