Abubakar

“As a text, the Quran is more than the foundation of the Islamic religion; it is the source of Arabic grammar. It is to Arabic what Homer is to Greek, what Chaucer is to English: a snapshot of an evolving language, frozen forever in time”
― Reza Aslan, No god but God: The Origins, Evolution and Future of Islam

“I had three long conversations with Marusya over a cup of coffee. She told me her whole rather silly story. To some degree we became friends. I like people like that--doomed, dying, helpless, and brazen. I always say, if you're in trouble, you're not sinning.”
― Sergei Dovlatov, A Foreign Woman

“Do not think that I have come to bring peace on earth. I have not come to bring peace, but the sword. MATTHEW 10:34”
― Reza Aslan, Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth

“Три вещи может сделать женщина для русского писателя. Она может кормить его. Она может искренне поверить в его гениальность. И наконец, женщина может оставить его в покое. Кстати, третье не исключает второго и первого.”
― Сергей Довлатов, The Suitcase