Fatihah

“I dream with open eyes,' he answered, looking around at the door, 'and others see my dreams. That is all.”
― David Lindsay, A Voyage to Arcturus

“Why was I born, when will I die?
Who can change the day of his birth,
who has a say in the day of his death?
Come, my beloved, I want to ask the spirit
of the wine to make me forget that we
shall never understand.”
― Omar Khayyám, The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

“Scholars really have nothing to teach you.
But from the soft touch of the eyelashes of
a woman you will know all there is to know about happiness.
Buy wine, take it to
a secluded place and let it comfort you.”
― Omar Khayyám, The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám

“There are too many tears in my eyes!
The fires of Hell are no more than sparks of fire
as compared to the flames that consume me inside.
Paradise? For me it means
a moment of peace.”
― Omar Khayyám, The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam