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Bright Felon: Autobiography and Cities QUOTES

Bright Felon: Autobiography and Cities QUOTES

1 " God's true language: Hebrew. Latin. Arabic. Sanskrit.

As if utterance fit into the requirements of the human mouth.

I learned how to find the new moon by looking for the circular absence of stars. [...]

I learned God's true language is only silence and breath. "

― Kazim Ali , Bright Felon: Autobiography and Cities

2 " In the one place everyone looks like me--has my name--i am the most foreign. "

― Kazim Ali , Bright Felon: Autobiography and Cities

3 " I was already too afraid to say anything.

I can't even properly say my own name, "

― Kazim Ali , Bright Felon: Autobiography and Cities

4 " That's what I would say about poetry and prayer.

That god or audience--the intended direction of both of those--we wish and wish are real. "

― Kazim Ali , Bright Felon: Autobiography and Cities