"I am a slave of the wine-drinking sage of Shiraz."

"O thou void of knowledge of the joy of the perpetual wine-drinking of ours."

"Every child has known God, Not the God of names, Not the God of don'ts, Not the God who ever does anything weird, But the God who knows only four words. And keeps repeating them, saying: 'Come dance w…"

"The world is a bride, and you are her groom; do not be deceived by her beauty, for she is faithless."

"I once asked a bird, 'How do you fly in this gravity of darkness?' She responded, 'love lifts me.'"