Everyone who is educated today wants to sit at a comfortable desk under a fan and live in an air-conditioned house surrounded by a garden, coming and going in an American car as wide as the street. If we do… — Tayeb Salih Copy Share Image
I have redefined the so-called East-West relationship as essentially one of conflict, while it had previously been treated in romantic terms. — Tayeb Salih Copy Share Image
I want to take my rightful share of life by force, I want to give lavishly, I want love to flow from my heart,… — Tayeb Salih Copy Share Image
“And when the sea swallowed up the shore and the waves heaved under the ship and the blue horizon encircled us, I immediately felt an overwhelming intimacy with the sea. I knew this green, infinite giant, as though it were roving back and forth within my ribs. The whole of the journey I savored that feeling of being nowhere, alone,… — Tayeb Salih Copy Share
“When [...} everything had been arranged for my departure to Cairo, I went to my mother. Once again she gave me that strange look. Her lips parted momerntarily as though she wanted to smile, then she shut them and her face reverted to its usual state: a thick mask, or rather a series of masks. Then she disappeared for a… — Tayeb Salih Copy Share
Everyone starts at the beginning of the road, and the world is in an endless state of childhood. — Tayeb Salih Copy Share Image
Everyone who is educated today wants to sit at a comfortable desk under a fan and live in an air-conditioned house surrounded by a… — Tayeb Salih Copy Share Image
I entered the water as naked as when my mother bore me. When I first touched the cold water I felt a shudder go… — Tayeb Salih Copy Share Image
