Prayer is arrogance,’ intoned Jubair. ‘The hope of man to change the will of God. But God’s plan is set and His words already spoken.’‘Fuck Him, then!’ snapped Sufeen.Jubair mildly raised one brow. ‘Oh, you will find it is God who does the fucking.

You can never have too many knives.

Unhappy times are the best for levity. You don't light candles in the middle of the day, do you?

...the more of a fool a man is, the less he cares to look like one

You make yourself too hard, you make yourself brittle too. Crack once, crack all to pieces