"Flee flattery, false praise and fair weather friends"

“Mercy: “Can't sleep with a dead man in my closet.” Ben: “You killed someone?” Ben asked with interest”

“Foras Road has a sordid reputation (…) Old crones sat in doorways, while their daughters were pushed out to earn money. It is intriguing that a society which is very covert with sexuality should be so straightforward about prostitution.”

“Markets will always move ahead of the news.”

“I leaned back against him and rested my cheek on his shoulder. I could feel the river water dripping off of him. "Thank you" I whispered. When I looked up, I saw he was crying.”

“I still believe that peace and plenty and happiness can be worked out some way. I am a fool.”

“Grumbling is the death of love”

“I felt like I was staring out across an ocean that I was going to have to swim from shore to shore before I could rest again.”

“The American principles of democracy expresses the deepest values of the Sharia both structurally and in the government... Sharia requires us Muslims anywhere to abide by the law of the land.”