“I had three long conversations with Marusya over a cup of coffee. She told me her whole rather silly story. To some degree we became friends. I like people like that--doomed, dying, helpless, and brazen. I always say, if you're in trouble, you're not sinning.”
― A Foreign Woman
― A Foreign Woman
“As a text, the Quran is more than the foundation of the Islamic religion; it is the source of Arabic grammar. It is to Arabic what Homer is to Greek, what Chaucer is to English: a snapshot of an evolving language, frozen forever in time”
― No god but God: The Origins, Evolution and Future of Islam
― No god but God: The Origins, Evolution and Future of Islam
“He who fights the destinies to stay with you,
He who finds his life better beside you, and clings to you despite of all the events,
He who hates your sadness, and tires himself to put a smile on your face,
He who cries when you’re away before smiling when you’re here,
But God didn’t decide that you’d stay with them despite of all this strugle,
Is the only one who deserves immortality in your memory.”
―
He who finds his life better beside you, and clings to you despite of all the events,
He who hates your sadness, and tires himself to put a smile on your face,
He who cries when you’re away before smiling when you’re here,
But God didn’t decide that you’d stay with them despite of all this strugle,
Is the only one who deserves immortality in your memory.”
―
“They realize at last that change does not mean reform, that change does not mean improvement.”
― The Wretched of the Earth
― The Wretched of the Earth
“Do not think that I have come to bring peace on earth. I have not come to bring peace, but the sword. MATTHEW 10:34”
― Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth
― Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth
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