I could see her get all nervous but she was also excited. Nightmares have that quality, don't they?
Proportions are what makes the old Greek temples classic in their beauty. They are like huge blocks, from which the air has been literally hewn out between the columns.
My father, [was] a mid-level phonecompany manager who treated my mother at best like an incompetent employee. At worst? He never beat her, but his pure, inarticulate fury would fill the house for days...
Even now I remember those pictures, like pictures in a storybook one loved as a child. Radiant meadows, mountains vaporous in the trembling distance; leaves ankle-deep on a gusty autumn road; bonfires...
God is not a cosmic bellboy for whom we can press a button to get things.
Big things in the glory of the world mean nothing. Small things in glory of God mean everything. Truly..., size doesn't matter in this world or in the world to come.
Bellybuttons are our link with the past.
Each day I will accomplish one thing on my to list.
My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.
The real dawah to Islam is the character of a Muslim.
Music shouldn't be just a tune, it should be a touch.