That felt meaningful somehow, like the words on the pages ached for him to know their sorrow.

Pointing directly at your own heart, you find Buddha.

It feels like I am wasting time. I mean, that's always the case. My life doesn't add up to anything.

I've never had a good line. Well, maybe 'I must break you'.

It is not worth the while to live by rich cookery.

It is no longer possible to escape men. Farewell to the monsters, farewell to the saints. Farewell to pride. All that is left is men.

For the first time, I saw what was in his heart, and I wondered if he might ever want to look deep enough to see mine.

If they left you, you didn't need them. If they walked away, they weren't part of your DESTINY.

I am very fortunate to have a career. I always have to act. I don't know if I'll have a career to support it for the rest of my life, but I know I'll always act.

The four main orientations of Morocco's foreign policy: the Maghreb, the Arab world, Africa and other partners

The novel is never really in the first draft. The novel really happens in the revisions.