Memorable Quotes from John Justin
3 quotesA Plea for Compassion and Understanding
Ahmad
Oh ye whom Allah gave the gift of sight,To fill your eyes with beauty and delight,Spare me a thought to whom your wondrous world is but a city of eternal night.Alms for the love of Allah.
[While blind and reduced to begging]
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Secrets and Tyranny in Ancient Bagdad
Story-teller
It is told, though Allah is wiser or more merciful, there was in the past of the ages, a king among kings, a master of arms and of armies, of vassals and auxiliaries. And this master of time and people was an oppressor to both, and the earth was as pitch in the faces of his subjects and his slaves, and they groaned together in secret.
Ahmad
Is it the king he's talking about?
Listener
Don't ask questions. There are spies everywhere. You must be careful in Bagdad.
Another listener
What is the name of the tyrant?
Various others in the audience
Ahmad. Ahmad. Ahmad.
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The Burden of Virtue
Ahmad
Very good dijinn are just as tiresome as very good men.
[to the Princess, who believes he is a spirit living in the palace pond]
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