"Fear is the cheapest room in the house. I would like to see you living in better conditions."

"If that Shirazi Turk would take my heart in hand, I would remit for the Hindu's idol-temple Samarkand."

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

"The tavern is my Kaaba; the wine-cup is my prayer-niche."

"The wine is the blood of the grape, and the beloved is the soul of the world."