"A sane man often reasons from sound premises; an insane man commonly reasons as well, but the premises are unsound."

“There's a great tradition in storytelling that's thousands of years old, telling stories about kings and their palaces, and that's really what I wanted to do.”

“People say that eyes are windows to the soul.”

Source : Khaled Hosseini (2011). “The Kite Runner: Rejacketed”, p.7, A&C Black

“Positive thinking will let you use the abilities, training and experience you have.”

“I try not to read best-dressed lists or anything like that. For every good thing, there will often be a not-so-nice thing people would say.”

“[I]f vice and corruption prevail, liberty cannot subsist; but if virtue have the advantage, arbitrary power cannot be established.”

“First time you hear something, it sounds outlandish and broken and like it doesn't make sense. But once it's been in your head awhile it's as if the other thoughts in there wriggle out of the way to give it some room.”

Source : "The Lonely Dead". Book by Michael Marshall Smith, 2004.

“The most important knowledge is understanding what you can't do.”

Source : Bill Buford (2013). “Heat: An Amateur’s Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-maker and Apprentice to a Butcher in Tuscany”, p.293, Random House

“What's happened to marriage? The wedding-industrial complex. Brides get swept up in this world of obsession - it has to be your perfect day.”