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“…she has taken to wearing her faith like armour, wielding her piousness like a blade.”
― Kiran Millwood Hargrave, The Mercies

“إن التدين الفاسد يعتمد على مسائل غبية موهما أنها مسائل غيبية”
― محمد الغزالي, نحو تفسير موضوعي لسور القرآن الكريم

“If only I could paint a canvas I would leave it white.”
― Amit Abraham

“Indeed, there was something hard and unforgiving and almost brutal among those who considered themselves the most piously stringent in their observance, something ugly and positively vicious in their unrelenting persecution of those who deviated from their standards.”
― Naomi Ragen, An Unorthodox Match

“It is the first rule, brother,�� I said. “How we see God is a direct reflection of how we see ourselves. If God brings to mind mostly fear and blame, it means there is too much fear and blame welled inside us. If we see God as full of love and compassion, so are we.”
― Elif Shafak, The Forty Rules of Love