“Hope had only revealed herself to him when he was immersed in darkness”

“The sword of Zulfiqar is a perfect fusion of power and function”

“He was everyone and every living creature in one ecstatic motion.”

“He was going to embrace love every day. He would appreciate the world every hour. And he will believe in God every second”

“The only wealth that mattered was affinity and generosity. Affinity towards oneself and generosity towards the world itself.”

“Leadership was not an act of bravery but rather forbearance and the strength to move forward with humility in the belief of what is righteous”

“Every hidden cell is throbbing with music and life, every fiber thrilling like harp strings.”

“Entering a cell, penetrating deep as a flying saucer to find a new galaxy would be an honorable task for a new scientist interested more in the inner state of the soul than in outer space.”

“I took up space. I was a collection of cells and memories, awkward limbs and clumsy fashion crimes; I was the repository of my parents' expectations and evidence of their disappointments”

“Then love knew it was called love. And when I lifted my eyes to your name, suddenly your heart showed me my way”

“I am intrigued by the smile upon your face, and the sadness within your eyes”

“The eye through which I see God is the same eye through which God sees me; my eye and God's eye are one eye, one seeing, one knowing, one love.”

“Some people don't understand the promises they're making when they make them," I said."Right, of course. But you keep the promise anyway. That's what love is. Love is keeping the promise anyway.”

“I think if I've learned anything about friendship, it's to hang in, stay connected, fight for them, and let them fight for you. Don't walk away, don't be distracted, don't be too busy or tired, don...”

“And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.”