Haris bin Faiez

“[T]here are two races of men in this world, but only these two -- the "race" of the decent man and the "race" of the indecent man. Both are found everywhere; they penetrate into all groups of society. No group consists entirely of decent or indecent people.”
― Viktor E. Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning

“I walked around my loft, putting things in order. I stopped in front of the Bradford Johnson canvas that Justine Franza had taken a liking to — the one
with the rope tied between two ships’ masts, as a storm threatens not only the distressed vessel but the rescuing craft as well.
...
"I like this very much," she said.
I walked to her side. "What do you like about it?"
"Taking a risk to help someone." She pointed at the ship that was still in one
piece. "That one could have kept sailing."
..
"What if both ships end up sinking?" I half joked.
"Then taking the risk was even more beautiful," she said.”
― Compulsion, Keith Ablow.

“Besides, even that much money would not buy them the right to leave the country. They would probably be kept under house arrest in Tehran—white the mobs took over. Bail sometimes seemed more like a trap than a way of escape. It was a catch-22.

The whole experience was a lesson in values. Bill learned that he could do without his fine house, his cars, fancy food, and clean clothes. It was no big deal to be living in a dirty room with bugs crawling across the walls. Everything he had in life had been stripped away, and he discovered that the only thing he cared about was his family. When you got right down to it, that was all that really counted: Emily, Vicki, Jackie, Jenny, and Chris.”
― Ken Follett, On Wings of Eagles