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“Yes - this I hold to with devout insistence,
Wisdom's last verdict goes to say:
He only earns both freedom and existence
Who must reconquer them each day.”
― Faust
Wisdom's last verdict goes to say:
He only earns both freedom and existence
Who must reconquer them each day.”
― Faust
“[Writing is] like driving a car at night: you never see further than your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.”
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“He longed for it to be winter. A cold wind would blow, the sea would pound, and he would rise cheerful and fit from a delicious sleep beneath warm blankets. Then would come days in which he would write his great novel. The kettle would boil and hot coffee would froth in his cup. In the garden the citron would flower beneath a brilliant moon, its branches dripping fragrance. The starry sky would sweeten the soft silence and Hemdat would pour the dew of his soul into the sea-blue night.”
― A Book that Was Lost
― A Book that Was Lost
“All things which greatly hurt me greatly teach me”
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“A cultural Muslim: a term my father gave me when I asked him the same question. I used it now, not fully knowing what it meant, more as an out than as an honest answer to Kareem’s question. I had learnt from my experience with my father that the term meant more than just a lax approach to religion: it contained political and historical allegiance to other Muslims.”
― Stranger to History: A Son's Journey through Islamic Lands
― Stranger to History: A Son's Journey through Islamic Lands
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