Ruzena Nekudova Quotes & Sayings

Ibn al-Khatib says: Ibn Battutah has a modest share of the sciences. He journeyed to the East in the month of Rajab 725 [1325], travelled through its lands, penetrated into Iraq al-Ajam, then entered India, Sind and China, and returned through Yemen. In India, the king appointed him to the office of qadi. He came away later and returned to the Maghrib [ ... ]. Our Shaykh Abu l-Barakat Ibn al-Balfiqi told us of many strange things which Ibn Battutah had seen. Among them was that he claimed to have entered Constantinople and to have seen in its church twelve thousands bishops. He subsequently crossed the Strait to the Spanish coast [ ... ]. Thereafter the ruler of Fez summoned him and commanded him to commit his travels to writing. — Tim Mackintosh-Smith

We ... must try to live without causing unnecessary harm, not just to fellow humans but to all beings. We must try not to be stingy, or to exploit others. There will be enough pain in the world as it is. — Gary Snyder

You on the train and me here and everything emptier now you're gone. Tell me, are you real? — Paula McLain

You misunderstand the point of a symbol of faith then." He walked towards the vampires. "You're abominations, of course it doesn't matter to you. What matters is how much it means to me. — Larry Correia

I don't read books on how to write screenplays just because I'm stubborn. So it's all sort of made up. — Shane Carruth

The war on privilege will never end. Its next great campaign will be against the privileges of the underprivileged. — H.L. Mencken

He growled a sigh and her insides got all warm and gooey. She really needed to date nice men who didn't growl.
-Lily Travis — Lauren Dane

I've never had a good game plan. At a certain point, making independent films became more and more appealing to me because I like freshness and originality. — Jonathan Demme