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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. "
3 " I was already too afraid to say anything.I can't even properly say my own name, "
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. "