Naeem Murr > Quotes

“Loving my Poet as I do, though, I try hard to understand what a poet is. The first clue lies in the fact that my Poet—every poet—is an insomniac. My own reads or wanders about our apartment for the best part of most nights. She told me she often feels she would give up every poem she's ever written for one good night's sleep.”
― Naeem Murr

“A child is born where his mother suffers most-- is that not always true?”
― Naeem Murr, The Boy

“God, how easy it is to get people to believe. In fact the only thing no one would believe is how little one has to offer for a soul. There's not even any thrill in it. It's like culling cattle, whole nations. You don't have to promise them eternity, you just have to lie with them in the darkness, and sometimes sing them a song.”
― Naeem Murr, The Boy

“One of the many impressive things about The Way of Glory is how lightly it wears its scrupulous research. This fine novel invites you to lose yourself to the compelling character and tumultuous life of a young woman trying to find God and love at the heart of a crusade rooted in greed and hate. This is a remarkable debut by a writer to watch.”
― Naeem Murr, The Perfect Man

“I could feel it in her, that volatile tenderness that could never forget injury. It was her weakness, her flaw-- that she would never confront, but would implacably withdraw. I know you felt it too, that predisposition in her-- and that that, in fact, was one of the reasons for the intensity of your love for her, was why all men loved her, because you could feel her soul through her flesh, completely feminine, incommensurable, urging toward you or recoiling from you with equal ferocity.”
― Naeem Murr, The Boy

“The fruit in the garden was not about knowledge, but about not knowing, about looking into a face and having no idea whether you should kiss it or strike it. Hell is a thousand such small abysses.”
― Naeem Murr, The Boy