“Now this court will learnthat I am the greatest in wit and courage.I am he whose writing the blind seeand whose words grant hearing to the deaf.Content with complete verses, I sleep,while others strain for simple rhymes.I laughed at the frauds and their ignoranceuntil, with discerning hand and mouth, I destroy them.If you see the lion bare his teeth,do not assume he is smiling!”

“Най-добрият събеседник в наше време е книгата.”

“I am irritated by my own writing. I am like a violinist whose ear is true, but whose fingers refuse to reproduce precisely the sound he hears within.”

“Praise be to God; whose compassion is all-embracing and Whose mercy is universal; Who rewards His servants for their remembrance [dhikr] [of Him] with His remembrance [of them] - verily God (Exalted is He!) has said, 'Remember Me, and I will remember you' - Opening lines from Kitab al-Adhkar wa'l Da'awat of the Ihya ulum ad-Din”

“Jika kamu mahu menjadi seorang yang mempunyai pandangan, jadilah seorang yang mempunyai pendirian. Sesungguhnya pandangan menjadi rosak, apabila kamu berbelah bagi”

“Love can destroy or create all things, depending on whose hands wield the emotion, and whose heart gets in the way. I regret nothing I've felt in the past, for it got me to where I am now, nor do I regret what I feel now. I regret the devastation that comes with the passage of time, but I do not regret you. Nor will I ever.”

“It doesn’t hurt much. I don’t know how it looks” – he lowered his hand and turned his face to the side – “but it can’t be that bad. What do you think? You’d date me, right?”Alex pushed him away, grinning. “You’re an idiot.”