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Get quotes daily Join Goodreads Alif the Unseen Quotes Rate this book 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars Alif the Unseen Alif the Unseen by G. Willow Wilson 9,941 ratings, 3.82 average rating, 1,840 reviews Open Preview Alif the Unseen Quotes (showing 31-60 of 88) “When his computer was on and connected to the grid, he never felt as though he was alone; there were millions of people in rooms like his, reaching toward each other in the same ways he did. Now that feeling of intimacy seemed fraudulent. He lived in an invented space, easily violated. He lived in his own mind.” ? G. Willow Wilson, Alif the Unseen 2 likes Like “I don't want foreigners involved in my business. Jinn are one thing but I draw the line at Americans.” ? G. Willow Wilson, Alif the Unseen 2 likes Like “The act of concealment had become more powerful than what it concealed.” ? G. Willow Wilson, Alif the Unseen 2 likes Like “I believe he is attempting to pray,” said Sheikh Bilal. “But he isn’t clean. He hasn’t performed the ablution or checked the direction of Mecca, or begun in the correct position.” “My dear sir,” said the sheikh. “God likes catching His servants unprepared. The boy has set down what is obviously the first plate of food he has seen in a long while in order to thank his Creator. There are few acts of piety more honest than that.” ? G. Willow Wilson, Alif the Unseen 2 likes Like “Society didn’t mind if you broke the rules; it only required you to acknowledge them.” ? G. Willow Wilson, Alif the Unseen 1 likes Like “They are yours, but you don’t understand them,” snapped Reza. “Only Adam was given true intellect, and only the banu adam have the power to call things by their right names. What you call the bird king and the hind and the stag—these are only symbols to disguise a hidden message, just as a poet may write a ghazal about a toothless lion to criticize a weak king. Hidden in your stories is the secret power of the unseen.” The stories are their own message, said the thing, with something like a sigh. That’s the secret.” ? G. Willow Wilson, Alif the Unseen 1 likes Like “Alif found himself succumbing to the silence of the place, a quiet so open and broad that it seemed almost to roar, as though it was not silence at all but music in some ancient inaudible key. His eyes drifted shut and he slept without dreaming.” ? G. Willow Wilson, Alif the Unseen 1 likes Like “It was common, back then," said Vikram, rolling his tea glass between his palms. "Living books. Alchemists were always trying to create them. There was the Quran, which shattered language and put it back together again in a way no one had been able to replicate, using words whose meanings evolved over time without the alteration of a single dot or brushstroke. As above, so below, the alchemists reasoned-they thought they could reverse-engineer the living word using chemical compounds. If they could create a book that was literally alive, perhaps it would also produce knowledge that transcended time." "That's pretty blasphemous," said the convert. "Oh, very. Heretics, my dear. They made the hashisheen look orthodox.” - G. Willow Wilson, Alif the Unseen