Soroosh Shahrivar, The Rise of Shams
29 quotes
"Hope had only revealed herself to him when he was immersed in darkness"
"The sword of Zulfiqar is a perfect fusion of power and function"
"You are most beautiful in your purest form. You are a manifestation of God himself. Open your eyes and let the light flow right through to your core. All it takes is for you to notice a flicker of leaves, a momentary glance from a loved one, or for a wave to hit your toes and freeze you in that timeless place where you know with every cell in your body that God, indeed is real."
"He was everyone and every living creature in one ecstatic motion."
"He was going to embrace love every day. He would appreciate the world every hour. And he will believe in God every second"
"The only wealth that mattered was affinity and generosity. Affinity towards oneself and generosity towards the world itself."
"Everything for you stems from a physical need. Most of you think with either your belly or what’s below it"
"Leadership was not an act of bravery but rather forbearance and the strength to move forward with humility in the belief of what is righteous"
"Mourning was really for the living."
"His transcendent sense of worth had risen and caught up to him. He did not like the world he lived in, and the people in it. He was just as much a victim as he was a culprit of the seven deadly sins."
"He had found riches beyond worldly imagination. He had found the never ending well of love."
"Interpreting dreams for Iranians was just as much a sacrament as reading coffee cups was for Turks"
"That word, confidence, was like butter on a hot stove for Darien, what he considered the most attractive quality in a woman."
"The work of fate is a mystery"
"Take a child away from a mother and she will bring the world to its knees for justice to be served."
"There are no such things as accidents. Only fate redesigned."
"Not long ago, man grew a sense of conscience. He defined himself by what he is, what he thinks, and, more importantly, what he feels—failing to realize that all come from One single source. All of man’s qualities come from One divine being. And that One being has bestowed nature’s hand with the ability to balance itself. Where there is good, there is also evil. And where evil arises, so does good"
"An evil brute grows strong and now is on the verge of crossing over from the island to the world you know. His name is Hubal, and his strength grows as your world’s lightness folds."
"The only response to stupidity and ignorance was silence"
"The sun from far gives life. But get close to it and it burns anything down to ashes"
"Winning Expo 2020 marked the city’s coronation and the world could no longer deny Dubai its rightful status as one of the era’s more illustrious cities. The people who flocked there were looking for some sort of magic to occur in their lives, and life on the beach under these concrete gazebos offered many blessings. Some found riches. Some found religion. Some found love. And some, most importantly of all, found themselves."
"Luck is the devil with a halo"
"People needed proof that Utopia was nothing more than a theory, an illusion read in fictional stories."
"Love was supposed to be the easiest path to divinity"
"In searching for himself, he had come to understand that he was defined by selflessness"