The Iraqi people are suffering just as if they were still under Saddam.

Go forth from our holy land and go back to your families who are waiting for you impatiently, that you and we, as well, lead a peaceful life together.

I have said it many times: the policy of exclusion and the policy of marginalization must end in Iraq.

Divisiveness is not good for the people.

The little serpent has left, and the great serpent has come.

I am a part of the political process whether the multinational forces are present or not. Politics is serving the people, not chairs and positions.

May God preserve you and watch over you.

Everything that happens is determined by God.

Do not betray the people.

For us, holding on to religious rules, and following them, and refraining from what's forbidden, and being diligent with our duties, what do we call that? That's what we call freedom.

I beg you not to resort to demonstrations, for they have become nothing but burned paper.

We may be willing to tell a story twice never to hear it more than once.

Talent is a flame. Genius is a fire.

Peace comes through understanding

What interests me is what children go through while growing up.

People often ask me questions that I cannot very well answer in words, and it makes me sad to think they are unable to hear the voice of my silence.

So much of what we do every single day is the result of habits that we have formed over time.

[Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns] is not just unique to books, but films and music.

The middle years of life come on like thunder.

It was just one of those things," I said, "You know, that just happen. You don't think or plan. You just do it.

Friends are honest with each other. Even if the truth hurts. -Maggie