“The steward, according to custom, had stopped all the clocks. This, in the language of Narouz, said, "Your stay with us is so brief, let us not be reminded of the flight of the hours. God made eternity. Let us escape from the despotism of time altogether." These ancient and hereditary politenesses filled Nessim with emotion.”

“I imagine, therefore I belong and am free.”

“It is not love that is blind, but jealousy.”

“Travel can be one of the most rewarding forms of introspection.”

“Truth disappears with the telling of it.”

“History is an endless repetition of the wrong way of living.”

“The appalling thing is the degree of charity women are capable of. You see it all the time... love lavished on absolute fools. Love's a charity ward, you know.”

“Old age is an insult. It's like being smacked.”

“Music was invented to confirm human loneliness.”

“The richest love is that which submits to the arbitration of time.”

“Love is poetry plus biology.”