“I saw the camel put on its shirtAn leave without tears for MeccaWith a thousand and oneSand sellers andDark crowds like scaly dragonsBut i could not follow themFor sloth won outAgainst my ardourAnd daily habit resumedIts disjointed toe-dance”

“For I must wanderOn the deep sea bedShowering pearls on dead menGathering shellsAnd sweeping the shadows of passing boatsWith my falling hairAcross the sliding sands into the mouth of hell”

“الأسوار تعلوـــــــــــرحماك يا رب آبائنا، يا إلهنا نحن الذين حلّت بنا اللعناتأسوار اليأس القاتمة تحاصر رؤوسنا، سماواتنا، بيوتناإدرأ عنّا حنق الحاسدينأُعف عنَّا، أنت يا من تشهد محنتناإِنس ظنوننا، ما قدّمت أيدينا، خطاياناإمنحنا الرجاء حتى وإن لم يعد هناك رجاء”

“¿Por qué estas monedas son la basura más valiosa? Le contesté:-Porque en momentos realmente importantes no sirven para nada”

“إن كان لايزال في عينك دمع فأرجوك أن تبكي علي حالي”

“Success is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved”

“I was a Flower of the mountain yes when I put the rose in my hair like the Andalusian girls used or shall I wear a red yes and how he kissed me under the Moorish wall and I thought well as well him as another and then I asked him with my eyes to ask again yes and then he asked me would I yes to say yes my mountain flower and first I put my arms around him yes and drew him down to me so he could feel my breasts all perfume yes and his heart was going like mad and yes I said yes I will Yes.”