A. Colt Badran

“The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.”
― Sun Tzu, The Art of War

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
― Oscar Wilde

“This life is difficult. We lose fathers, brothers, mothers, songbirds and pieces of ourselves. Whips strike the innocent, honors go to the guilty, and there is too much loneliness. I would be a fool to pray for my children to escape all of that. Ask for too much and it might actually turn out worse. But I can pray for small things, like fertile fields, a mother’s love, a child’s smile—a life that’s less bitter than sweet.”
― Nadia Hashimi, The Pearl that Broke Its Shell

“But better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.”
― Khaled Hosseini