I forgive you, only if you promise to be happy in whatever you do.

My mom, through my dad, rented the apartment next door to his... he had the lease on both places. But then, she would dress up and act like his maid... a practical maid. No fantasies.

A fair request should be followed by the deed in silence.

That which works is authentic. It's a practical truth. What really matters is that we find benefit, regardless of whether it's an ancient traditional approach or some new version, popular or obscure.

Just like the moon is fully illuminated when facing the sun, so are believers who fully turn themselves to face the Prophet ﷺ

It has always been something I could do, and it may seem odd that in my case I seem to create an interesting narrative and frustrate the readers opportunities to follow it at every step.

I'm a liberal, I was born a liberal, and I will be a liberal 'til the day I die.

You can jail a Revolutionary, but you can't jail the Revolution.

The Arab world also won the Nobel with me. I believe that international doors have opened, and that from now on, literate people will consider Arab literature also. We deserve that recognition.

I don't want to be the president of the United States. I do want to work with the governors across the country to make the states more pivotal, more powerful, as they should be.

Unbelief was the first sin, and pride was the first-born of it.