“We cannot choose the times we live in. Just as, sometimes, we cannot choose whom we love.”

“I think the nature of faith is love an love of the goodness in man.”

“I am reminded of the belief of the ancient Sephardic doctor Isrealicus: that food must really be delicious if both disposition and body are to benefit.”

“Indeed, you become what you eat. In which case I am an onion. Layered, slightly sour and guaranteed to bring tears to the eyes.”

“...I vow that nothing- no law, no army, no faith- will keep me from your side.”

“Information is the mortar that both builds and destroys empires”

“Intelligence is power; it is the flame behind the spark of intrigue”