We are familiar with terrorism. But indiscriminate, cross-border, religiously motivated terrorism is new.

In intelligence work, there are limits to the amount of information one can share. Confidentiality is essential.

In situations of military conflict, civil strife, lawlessness, bad governance, and human rights violations, terrorists find it easier to hide, train and prepare their attacks.

If you exchange information internationally, you must strengthen data protection. Those are two sides of the same coin.

If you combat an international phenomenon, it is indispensable to share information internationally.

In the fight against terrorism, national agencies keep full control over their police forces, security and intelligence agencies and judicial authorities.

The European Borders Agency in Warsaw has been created to help border forces in Europe cooperate more.

Ultimately, freedom and democracy are stronger than fear and tyranny.

Europe has a long and tragic history of mostly domestic terrorism.

Terrorists always have the advantage of surprise.

The central role in the fight against terrorism is with national authorities.

All of us want to do well. But if we do not do good, too, then doing well will never be enough.

The more you start to love someone, the more you ache when they’re gone, and maybe it’s that middle ground that hurts the most, when you can see them and still not feel like you’re near enough.

Don't retire, rewire and refire

The frenzy of nations is the statesmanship of fate.

We haven't come a long way, we've come a short way. If we hadn't come a short way, no one would be calling us baby.

Sometimes we can't do anything about our social condition, but we can do something about our condition of light.

I'm tired of fighting, Dash. I guess this thing is going to get me.

I don't want to return to the past. I don't yearn for when I was 18 years old. I was in high school then. I had acne. I had a terrible hairdo. I'm sure I was sporting polyester pants.

The void yields up nothing. You have to be a great poet to make it ring.

I was eleven years old when I saw a woman for the first time, and I was seized by such sudden surprise that I burst into tears.