Saleem Haddad Quotes

“... I fell in love with him even more, because I realized I was not just falling in love with Taymour but also with generations of him that connect through history, traits that had been passed down from one generation to the next. I was in love with his ancestry that stretched out for centuries.”

“As for the errors I make, the only punishment I acknowledge for having made them is my awareness of those errors, and having to live with it: there is, there should be, no heavier penalty on a person's soul, mind and heart.”

“Oh, I loathe weddings. I loathe sitting down and participating in inane conversations with proud parents and smug couples who all look like they might secretly hate each other.”

“Digging through my roots to understand the way my branches grew.”

“If BlackHat people can monetize an opportunity (that is, convert it to money), and especially if they can scale it (that is, make money from a big mass of people), then they will do it—happily so—and even create their own sub-markets to serve that BlackHat opportunity.”

“He who laughs worst, weeps first”

“You must know everything that God has forbidden you so as to be able to avoid it, for the one who does not recognize evil falls into it.”

“Reflection is the lamp of the heart. If it departs, the heart will have no light.”

“There will always remain more ashes than remorse.”

“Let's not be afraid...there is always a step after the last step.”