“she is the noor of my eyes and the sultan of my heart.”
“A piece of bread,some fresh water,the shadow of a tree and your eyes, my beloved.No sultan is happier than me,no beggar more sad.”
“O Sultan, my master, if my clothes are ripped and torn it is because your dogs with claws are allowed to tear me.”
“I have looked into your eyes with my eyes. I have put my heart near your heart.”
“Cass pulls from my embrace, her mind reaching into my heart. Pain, anger, confusion pass through her eyes. My pain. My anger. My confusion. She swallows hard. “Because?”“Because I traded it all, my heart, my memories, everything. For her.”
“But through it all I held Mrs. Pettibone's words in my heart-the ones she spoke to me after the funeral when she took my hand, looked into my face and said, "You've got your father's eyes.”