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I've Always Loved Writing, And The Impulse For Me Is Storytelling. I Don't Sit Down And Think: 'what Political Message Can I Sell?' I Love The Creativity Of It.

I Want To Be With One Person In My Life. I Want To Know That The Guy I Spend The Rest Of My Life With Is The First Person I Share Something So Intimate And Exciting With.

Life Isn’t Like The Movies. People Don’t Change Overnight. People Don’t Go From Arrogant And Self-righteous To Ashamed And Remorseful. They Don’t Suddenly Give In When They’ve Spent Years Taking Out. No Doesn’t Magically Become A Yes.

Once Upon A Time, A Fisherman Went Out To Sea. He Caught Many Fish And Threw Them All Into A Large Bucket On His Boat. The Fish Were Not Yet Dead, So The Man Decided To Ease Their Suffering By Killing Them Swiftly. While He Worked, The Cold Air Made His Eyes Water. One Of The Wounded Fish Saw This And Said To The Other: "what A Kind Heart This Fisherman Has- See How He Cries For Us." The Other Fish Replied: "ignore His Tears And Watch What He Is Doing With His Hands.

My Family Are Observant Muslims, But I've Come To The Faith Through An Intellectual Conviction, And That's Something That They've Taught Me. It's Never Been Forced Upon Me. They've Given Me A Very Strong Identity As An Australian Muslim.