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> [Basically, being alive means keeping yourself ready for the sky to fall in on you at any time. If you start from the assumption that existence is only an ordeal, a test we have to pass, then you’re equipped to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yasmina-khadra/basically-being-alive-means-keeping-yourself-ready-for-the-sky-to/)

[Yasmina Khadra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yasmina-khadra/)

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## More by Yasmina Khadra

> [It seems that the whole world is beginning to decay, and that its putrefaction has chosen to spread outward from here, from the land…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yasmina-khadra/it-seems-that-the-whole-world-is-beginning-to-decay-and-that-its/)

[Yasmina Khadra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yasmina-khadra/)

> [I was depressed. I knew I was lost, but I had no idea how to find myself again. It was as though I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yasmina-khadra/i-was-depressed-i-knew-i-was-lost-but-i-had-no-idea-how-to-find/)

[Yasmina Khadra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yasmina-khadra/)

> [“He took a fine fresh fig from his pocket and washed it meticulously in a glass of water; then he peeled it open before…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yasmina-khadra/he-took-a-fine-fresh-fig-from-his-pocket-and-washed-it-meticulously/)

[Yasmina Khadra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yasmina-khadra/)

> [Get a grip on yourself. there's only one god here on earth, and that's you. If you don't like the world, make one you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yasmina-khadra/get-a-grip-on-yourself-there-s-only-one-god-here-on-earth-and-that-s/)

[Yasmina Khadra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yasmina-khadra/)

> [Culture is always about politics in the end.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yasmina-khadra/culture-is-always-about-politics-in-the-end/)

[Yasmina Khadra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yasmina-khadra/)

> [Of course, I'm aware of the animosities destroying brain cells on both sides, and I know all about the obstinacy of the warring parties,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yasmina-khadra/of-course-i-m-aware-of-the-animosities-destroying-brain-cells-on-both/)

[Yasmina Khadra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yasmina-khadra/)

> [“In the eyes of Popes and Imams we are Us and Them, but in the eyes of the Lord we are one.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yasmina-khadra/in-the-eyes-of-popes-and-imams-we-are-us-and-them-but-in-the-eyes-of/)

[Yasmina Khadra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yasmina-khadra/)

> [“This land does not belong to you. It belongs to that ancient shepherd whose ghost is standing next to you, though you refuse to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yasmina-khadra/this-land-does-not-belong-to-you-it-belongs-to-that-ancient-shepherd/)

[Yasmina Khadra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yasmina-khadra/)

> [You can know all there is to know about life and mankind, but what do you really know about yourself?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yasmina-khadra/you-can-know-all-there-is-to-know-about-life-and-mankind-but-what-do/)

[Yasmina Khadra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yasmina-khadra/)

> [“The can take everything you own- your property, your best years, all your joys, all your good works, everything down to your last shirt-…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yasmina-khadra/the-can-take-everything-you-own-your-property-your-best-years-all/)

[Yasmina Khadra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yasmina-khadra/)

> [“An isolated person is doomed beyond remedy." Yasmina Khadra, Swallows of Kabul”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yasmina-khadra/an-isolated-person-is-doomed-beyond-remedy-yasmina-khadra-swallows-of/)

[Yasmina Khadra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yasmina-khadra/)

> [“Anyone who tells you that a greater symphony exists than the breath in your body is lying.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yasmina-khadra/anyone-who-tells-you-that-a-greater-symphony-exists-than-the-breath/)

[Yasmina Khadra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yasmina-khadra/)

> [“Quand on ne trouve pas la solution à son malheur, on lui cherche un coupable.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yasmina-khadra/quand-on-ne-trouve-pas-la-solution-son-malheur-on-lui-cherche-un/)

[Yasmina Khadra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yasmina-khadra/)

> [“El mundo es de quienes van a buscarlo.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yasmina-khadra/el-mundo-es-de-quienes-van-a-buscarlo/)

[Yasmina Khadra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yasmina-khadra/)

> [“I hate wars and revoloutions and these dramas of redemptive violence that turn upon themselves like endlessly long screws and haul entire generations through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yasmina-khadra/i-hate-wars-and-revoloutions-and-these-dramas-of-redemptive-violence/)

[Yasmina Khadra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yasmina-khadra/)

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