“Sufi, the magus’s camel,was a remarkable mammal, as at home in a busy bazaar as alone on a dune with a star.”
“In the dead hour the ghosts creep out of the bush and go howling across the dunes, screaming their unfinished business to the night. But I'm nothing to them so they ignore me.”
“The Sufis are unanimous that a Guide (Sheikh) is absolutely essential, though never available on demand: 'the Sufis are not merchants'.”
“It's important to keep up momentum, when I'm home alone I get stagnant, I go crazy and have to see my therapist. Being on the road keeps me busy. I'm okay when I'm busy.”
“It is the message, not the man, which is important to the Sufis.”
“No one would ever know it to look at me that as soon as I'm alone I am busy busy busy in the head.”