The sizzle I felt being near him was so intense, but I couldn't figure out if they were fireworks or warning flares.

I was going down and hard. There are a few things in life that suck really badly. Loving someone who doesn't love you back is one of them.

For all that my co-workers put such stock in not being a transfer, we had a definite edge in one area. As a human, you were born knowing that you were going to die.

We weren't a couple, but friends didn't spoon every night. Fate and I were officially in relationship-no-man's-land.

Nice people don't necessarily fall in love with nice people.

Relationship is like money, Hard to earn and easy lose.

Unfortunately, mental health is so misunderstood that some people think you have to be crazy to need to speak to a therapist.

I have always waited for the perfect tools to carve a statue, little did I realize that tools were never the issue, It's my carving skills which needed an upgrade and improvement.

There has been a failure to grasp how competing narratives fight for the attention of angry young Muslims, and we have grossly underestimated the appeal of the jihadist brand.

I felt uncomfortable calling myself a writer until I started with 'The New Yorker,' and then I was like, 'Okay, now you can call yourself that.

"Going with the flow" is for some people an excuse for not taking action and it refers usually to one's life situation.

The risk of a terrorist victory is greater when in fighting terror, democracy betrays its own essence.

I was blessed with a God-given talent and my mother raised me the right way.