Sara

“God, she was beautiful - my first image of the Orient - a woman such as only the desert poet knew how to praise: her face was the sun, her hair the protecting shadow, her eyes fountains of cool water, her body the most slender of palm-trees and her smile a mirage.”
― Amin Maalouf, Samarkand

“انهم لا يعلمون شيئا
ولا يريدون أن يعلموا شيئاً
أترى هؤلاء الجهلة، انهم يهيمنون على العالم
وان لم تكن منهم دعوك كافراً
أهملهم يا خيام وأتبع سبيلك”
― أمين معلوف, Samarkand

“Psychology claims that when you can't sleep at night, you are actually awake in someone's dream.”
― Anonymous, Las mil y una noches: Antología

“A loss that can be repaired by money is not of such very great importance.”
― Anonymous, The Arabian Nights