Jinni

“However man may worship Me, in whatever form, under whatever name, so do I accept him. For all paths are paths to Me.”
― Sharon Maas, Sons of Gods: Mahabharata

“God had seen fit to place two kinds of people on this earth: those who, though they had nothing, would give you half of that nothing; and those who would give nothing, though they had all the riches in the world. And while it is blasphemy to say, I believe that no amount of piety or churchgoing changed one kind of human being into the other.”
― Jodi Daynard, The Midwife's Revolt

“Her heart was like a dying candle, a tiny flicker of flame cupped by both hands, the stub of wick curled up and drowning in its own tears.”
― Sheng-Shih Lin, Daughter of the Bamboo Forest

“There exist three poisons in life: desire, anger, and ignorance. One poison is the root of the other two. To attain enlightenment, you must swallow the root of your poisons, so that you die. You die many times to attain the enlightenment of Buddha.”
― H.S. Kim, Waxing Moon