There is nothing like a war for the reinvention of lives.

Go for broke. Always try and do too much. Dispense with safety nets. Take a deep breath before you begin

For every snake, there is a ladder; for every ladder,a snake.

For every snake, there is a ladder; for every ladder, a snake.

Family history, of course, has its proper dietary laws. One is supposed to swallow and digest only the permitted parts of it. the halal portions of the past, drained of their redness, their blood.

In the cookie of life, friends are chocolate chips.

The world is always terrible.

Nothing is unfilmable.

The world is a very abnormal place.

One of the strange things about violent and authoritarian regimes is they don't like the glare of negative publicity.