“When I came back, they gave me blank looks. Some said, 'I don't think I've seen you for days.' Some not even that. And I'd been away for ten years!”

“Bismilahir-rahmanir-rahim!I call to witness the ink, the quill, and the script,which flows from the quill;I call to witness the faltering shadows of the sinking evening,the night and all she enlivens;I call to witness the moon when she waxes, and the sunrise when it dawns.I call to witness the Resurrection Day and the soul that accuses itself;I call to witness time, the beginning and end of all things - to witness that every man always suffers loss.”

“Bismilahir-rehmanir-rahimI call to witness the ink, the quill, and the script,which flows from the quill;I call to witness the faltering shadows of the sinking evening,the night and all she enlivens;I call to witness the moon when she waxes, and the sunrise when it dawns.I call to witness the Resurrection Day and the soul that accuses itself;I call to witness time, the beginning and end of all things - to witness that every man always suffers loss.”

“Gonila me moja preostala seljačka upornost i nemilosrdno jasna misao o potrebi da se branim. Moram. Idi naprijed, poslije umri!”

“Živi ništa ne znaju. Poučite me, mrtvi, kako se može umrijeti bez straha, ili bar bez užasa. Jer, smrt je besmisao, kao i život.”

“Mogao sam da mu kažem: ne tiče te se, ostavi me na miru, ne ulazi u moje skrivene prostore, muka mi je od ljudi koji daju savjete. I to bi bilo najiskrenije.”

“Mjesečina je ledena i kao da je zaudarala na sumpor, cvijeće je mirisalo prejako, razdražujuće, počupati bi ga trebalo, pogaziti nogama, da ostane samo čkalj i pusta ledina, da ostane gola ljudska misao, bez slika, bez mirisa, bez veze sa stvarima oko nas. Silom okovati život, da ne buja zlo. Urazumi me, Bože.”