“There’s nothing wrong with wanting to be with someone,” I said diplomatically. Unless that person turns your world upside down and makes you lose all self-control.”

“The US lost control of security on day one, with the outbreak of looting. Iraqis are a people that had known nothing but a surplus of security. To suddenly take all that away and say, in effect, you are on your own, was unforgivable. They felt that no one was in control. And when your whole world is being turned upside down, the feeling that no one is in control is terrifying, and consequently it is conducive of the most irrational forms of behavior.”

“All I need is a sheet of paper
and something to write with, and then
I can turn the world upside down.”

“Like a fool, I fell in love with you,
Turned my whole world upside down”

“Lift the world up by your levity,
Rock, love, carry it away, turn it upside down.”

“All it takes is a second and your whole life can get turned upside down.”

“We are the people who turned the world upside down.”

“You never know when, and you never know who, but someday a stranger will burst through the door of your life and transform it utterly. The world will be turned upside down, and you will be happier for it.”

“As for how you pray, the words do not matter if they are sincere. Turn your prayer book upside down and face the infinite.”

“Unless you love someone, nothing else makes sense.”