Rumi (1207–1273) Iranian poet
Frequently quoted on social media, but was not written by Rumi in Persian.
Misattributed
“I raised my arms as if in prayer and heard the mutter of response behind me. Then I scattered the dried grains, red and brown and black, and studied the patterns they formed on the stone ledge before Sibbos. This is not such a mystic thing. You see what it is sensible to see, or else you interpret what you see so that the meaning comes out as you want it.”
— Tanith Lee, book The Birthgrave
Book Two, Part I “Across the Ring”, Chapter 3 (p. 155)
The Birthgrave (1975)
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