The real choice we have to make is between peace and nationalism.

Where there is true art and genuine virtuosity the artist can paint an incomparable masterpiece without leaving even a trace of his identity.

My hero wants to belong too, but he doesn't want to give up all the things he came to value in the west.

The drinking of coffee is an absolute sin! Our Glorious Prophet did not partake of coffee because he knew it dulled the intellect, caused ulcers, hernia and sterility; he understood that coffee was nothing but the Devil's ruse.

...the endless repetition of an ordinary miracle.

Censorship should never be allowed. One should be able to say anything. But I refuse to let politics be foisted on me.

It may not happen in the first instant, but within ten minutes of meeting a man, a woman has a clear idea of who he is, or at least who he might be for her, and her heart of hearts has already told her whether or not she's going to fall in love with him.