“In Islam, all living things have souls. We are made pure by the fire of the lord compassion. ”

“Maybe he loves her. Maybe he wishes to have her forever, maybe he wishes that she could be his bride. Even then he might lose much to be with her-his properties, his position. But next to his love for her, what meaning do they have? He would be a fool to treasure dead gold more then a live heart.”

“We sleep in many tents,”

“I think we were very foolish, you and I. ”

“Life is a caravan, and on this journey we sleep in many tents. Tomorrow I shall sleep in a different tent. ”

“Things are best that way, Deoga. Forgetting, not remembering. You Farangs become encumbered with your past. The past drives you mad. It keeps you from acting sensibly. ”

“It's one thing to be helpless as one tries to lace a corset or to mount an elephant, quite another to be helpless as a bandit pushes a black steel knife against the flesh of your throat while his brother comes to join him.”