“By fearing whom I trust I find my wayTo truth; by trusting wholly I betrayThe trust of wisdom; better far is DoubtWhich brings the false into the Light of Day.”

“The Prophets, too, among us come to teach,Are one with those who from the pulpit preach;They pray, and slay, and pass away,and yet Our ills are as the pebbles on the beach.Mohammed or Messiah! Hear thou me,The truth entire nor here nor there can be;How should our God who made the sun and the moonGive all his light to One, I cannot see.”

“Hanifs (Muslims) are stumbling, Christians all astrayJews wildered, Magians far on error's way.We mortals are composed of two great schoolsEnlightened knaves or else religious fools.”

“O Allah, You know me better than I know myself, and I know myself better than these people who praise me. Make me better than what they think of me, and forgive those sins of mine of which they have no knowledge, and do not hold me responsible for what they say.”

“It’s not naive to trust your family.’ ‘I promise you, it is,’ said Laurent. ‘But I wonder, is it less naive than the moments when I find myself trusting a stranger, my barbarian enemy, whom I do not treat gently.”

“I believe in those whom I love and trust.”

“Never would I take what I’d been given for granted. I’d never look at her through indifferent eyes, listen to her fears and worries with distant ears, or touch her with impassive hands. Elizabeth was a gift and Lizzie was my treasure. I would adore my family until the day I died.”