“I had nothing to offer anybody, except my own confusion”

“O Allah, I offer my apology to You for every hungry stomach and unclothed body, but I own nothing in this world except what is on my back and in my stomach.”

“There was nothing I could say in retaliation except something that would confuse her.”

“Believe nothing of me
except that I felt your beauty
more closely than my own.”

“I had nothing to fear from my father.
Except his disappointment.
Which was no small thing.”

“I don't want to sound callous. I mean, even if I have nothing to offer, that doesn't matter, because that still doesn't mean that what anybody else has to offer therefore has to be true.”

“Nothing can work damage to me except myself; the harm that I sustain I carry about with me and never am a real sufferer except by my own fault.”

“I have never known what to tell anybody. Except that it is better to do something than nothing, even if the cost is great.”

“She wanted nothing that he could offer her, except perhaps his absence.”

“I hate banks. They do nothing positive for anybody except take care of themselves. They're first in with their fees and first out when there's trouble.”