“The smell of home was indistinguishable from the smell of leaving home: each inhalation a mix of familiarity and fear.”

“I was not always a Muslim, but once I was led into the absorption of prayer and the mysteries of the Qur’an, something troubled in me became still.”

“If only I could rest for a time in quiet pain and awaken new and willing. He is looking forward and I am inward.”

“The smell of home was indistinguishable from the smell of leaving home: each inhalation a mix of familiarity and fear.”