'Which is stronger, politics or love?' is like asking, 'Which is stronger, exhaling or inhaling?' They are two sides of the same thing.

Childbirth changed my perception of my wife. She was now the bloodied special forces soldier who had fought and risked everything for our family.

Islam is not a race, yet Islamophobia partakes of racist characteristics.

Empathy is about finding echoes of another person in yourself.

It seems an obvious thing to say, but you should not imagine that we Pakistanis are all potential terrorists, just as we should not imagine that you Americans are all undercover assassins.

I think sometimes feeling that you've been marginalized opens you up to the realization that, in their own lives, almost everyone experiences marginalization, a kind of foreigner sense.

All human stories are migration stories because everyone is a refugee from their own childhood.

Time only moves in one direction. Remember that. Things always change.

I think massive migration is inevitable. As sea levels rise, as climate change happens, as fertile fields become arid, as wars are fought, people are going to move. They always have.

When the uncertain future becomes the past, the past in turn becomes uncertain.

It's important to have a non-nostalgic view and say, let's look forward, because if we don't, all we'll hear are voices telling us to go back.

Don't plead with anyone if you were not at fault, you'll only look inferior, stupid and funny, bolster your ego by doing the undoing.

Jon Miller would be amazing for Yahoo because he is extremely good at building display advertising businesses and buying young startups.

Just . . . love me, and let tomorrow look after itself.

All money is essentially merchandize.

I am not kind, I cut people off as with shears and I drop them like nettles.

Women's virtue is frequently nothing but a regard to their own quiet and a tenderness for their reputation.

Lately I've been suffocating. Chan Young is my air, without him beside me, am I able to breathe?

The soil of their native land is dear to all the hearts of mankind.

What you resist, persists

Fighting and arguing amongst brothers are normal. Living together can also cause disagreements. I don't think it will work if there's none.