Soul Mountain, the story of one man’s quest for inner peace and freedom.

Dreams are more real than reality itself, they're closer to the self.

Writing eases my suffering . . . writing is my way of reaffirming my own existence.

Walk where your heart leads you, there are no restrictions and no burdens.

If you want to do anything, do it now, without compromise or concession, because you have only one life.

Observing humans and observing oneself yields a clear-minded starting point for literature.

Loneliness is a prerequisite for freedom. Freedom depends on the ability to reflect, and reflection can only begin when one is alone.

It's in literature that true life can be found. It's under the mask of fiction that you can tell the truth.

Love is so holy, so confusing. It makes a man anxious, tormented. Love, how can I define it?

I don't want to be a strong hero who can save society. I just want to save myself.

For me, writing [was] a question of survival...I could not trust anyone, even my family. The atmosphere was so poisoned. People even in your own family could turn you in.

Every morning, the sunrise wakes me up with rays of hope.

Her eyes were the color of whiskey and grace. Moments with her always felt like getting drunk on Sundays.

Give while your hands are warm

Life Is to short to read book I am not enjoying

Allah is not Jehovah either. Jehovah's not going to turn you into a terrorist that'll try to bomb people and take the lives of thousands and thousands of people.

Nobody knows the trouble I've seen: even less, the trouble I've successfully avoided.

Today's global landscape is increasingly interconnected. China and the Middle East play critical roles towards international peace and security.

Have you ever written a letter you knew you could never mail but you needed to write it anyway?

And when love speaks, the voice of all the gods makes Heaven drowsy with the harmony.

In Russia a man is called reactionary if he objects to having his property stolen and his wife and children murdered.