Fletcher student; nuclear nonproliferation guy; sporadic musician of questionable ability; madly in love with a beautiful woman.
I said, My heart wants a kiss from You.
You say: "The price of a kiss is Life."
My heart came up beside me and said:
"It's a cheap down payment."
- Rumi, Rubaiyat (Verse 388)
"Today 'radical' in an Islamic context means someone who is a religious fundamentalist. Thirty years ago it meant the opposite: a secularist who challenged both racism in the streets and the power of the mosques."
- Kenan Malik