"War is deception, no sense in being sloppy. Think through [stuff], control your anger, make a tight plan, and execute it." pg. 76
"I developed a careful eye for feminine elegance...I could look at tens of hundreds of women...and choose one whose cut, shape and quality were superb on the outside and clean and clear on the inside.....From being born Muslim, African and Sudanese,I learned to enjoy seeing less of a woman and imagining more. So that in America when a woman shows me too much, or is too fast and too obvious or too empty, it kills the power of her mystery, freezes my imagination, and poisons my natural attraction" pg 153
"I was always intrigued by people who named themselves after animals. My father named his friends and enemies after certain animals when telling a story...Whichever type of animal a guy picked to name himself after, I was sure it told something about his ways and personality" pg. 183
Regarding Akemi and her affect on him "Her eyes slowed me down and softened me. This is our truest form of communication" pg. 188
"I realized from living on my Brooklyn block that boys and even men in America expected and allowed strangers...threaten, and [mess] with, and play with their mothers and sisters, and women. They allowed other men to make fake promises , to impregnate them, to make them cry and sometimes to even kick, slap, and beat them. Back where I come from we don't" pg. 190
Words of Advice from Umma: "You see, when you choose, or your family chooses your bride, it is the marrying of two families together. It is not just one person doing whatever or however he pleases....Allah has given us a way of doing everything. It is a way that is right for any people who want what is best for everyone over what they my think is best only for themselves" pg. 221
Reflections on Akemi: "For me she was more than a sexual desire....I liked her whole style, admired her talent, respected her thoughts and was completely drawn into the way she went about loving me too. I felt a genuine love growing that was never within me for any person outside my family" pg. 222
Sensei to Midnight: "If properly trained, people who seem to have no chance of victory can disarm their invaders, strip them of their weapons and use their weapons against them....in war there are always losses. The victor is the one who can cut his losses when compared to the losses of his enemy and emerge with the possibility of rebuilding his team, or village or civilization" pg. 237-238
"I developed a careful eye for feminine elegance...I could look at tens of hundreds of women...and choose one whose cut, shape and quality were superb on the outside and clean and clear on the inside.....From being born Muslim, African and Sudanese,I learned to enjoy seeing less of a woman and imagining more. So that in America when a woman shows me too much, or is too fast and too obvious or too empty, it kills the power of her mystery, freezes my imagination, and poisons my natural attraction" pg 153
"I was always intrigued by people who named themselves after animals. My father named his friends and enemies after certain animals when telling a story...Whichever type of animal a guy picked to name himself after, I was sure it told something about his ways and personality" pg. 183
Regarding Akemi and her affect on him "Her eyes slowed me down and softened me. This is our truest form of communication" pg. 188
"I realized from living on my Brooklyn block that boys and even men in America expected and allowed strangers...threaten, and [mess] with, and play with their mothers and sisters, and women. They allowed other men to make fake promises , to impregnate them, to make them cry and sometimes to even kick, slap, and beat them. Back where I come from we don't" pg. 190
Words of Advice from Umma: "You see, when you choose, or your family chooses your bride, it is the marrying of two families together. It is not just one person doing whatever or however he pleases....Allah has given us a way of doing everything. It is a way that is right for any people who want what is best for everyone over what they my think is best only for themselves" pg. 221
Reflections on Akemi: "For me she was more than a sexual desire....I liked her whole style, admired her talent, respected her thoughts and was completely drawn into the way she went about loving me too. I felt a genuine love growing that was never within me for any person outside my family" pg. 222
Sensei to Midnight: "If properly trained, people who seem to have no chance of victory can disarm their invaders, strip them of their weapons and use their weapons against them....in war there are always losses. The victor is the one who can cut his losses when compared to the losses of his enemy and emerge with the possibility of rebuilding his team, or village or civilization" pg. 237-238