'So you intend to go through life never loving anyone? Just. . things?'

'No. I'm looking for something more.'

'More than love?'

'Yes.'

'Is it not arrogant to think you deserve more, Khalid Ibn Al-Rashid?'

'Is it so arrogant want something that doesn't change with the wind? That doesn't crumble at the first sight of adversity?'

'You want something that doesn't exist. A figment of your imagination.'

'No. I want someone who sees beneath the surface-someone who completes the balance. An equal.-

'And how will you know when you've found this elusive someone?' Shahrzad retorted.

'I suspect that she will be like air. Like knowing how to breathe.'