“My tomb shall be in a spot where the north wind may scatter roses over it.”

“Your hand can seize today, but not tomorrow; and thoughts of your tomorrow are nothing but desire. Dont waste this breath, if your heart isnt crazy, since "the rest of your life" wont last forever.”

“Its too bad if a heart lacks fire,and is deprived of the light of a heart ablaze.The day on which you arewithout passionate loveis the most wasted day of your life.”

“Dead yesterdays and unborn tomorrows, why fret about it, if today be sweet.”

“O friend, for the morrow let us not worryThis moment we have now, let us not hurryWhen our time comes, we shall not tarryWith seven thousand-year-olds, our burden carry”

“Oh, come with old Khayym, and leave the Wise To talk; one thing is certain, that Life flies; One thing is certain, and the Rest is Lies; The Flower that once has blown forever dies.”

“It's probably a merciful thing that pain is impossible to describe from memory”

“Yes. We both have a bad feeling. Tonight we shall take our bad feelings and share them, and face them. We shall mourn. We shall drain the bitter dregs of mortality. Pain shared, my brother, is pain...”

“Time deals gently only with those who take it gently.”