In my prayers, I want to say: Lord, don’t be far from me, and also don’t come too close. Let me contemplate the stars on the texture of your cloth, but don’t unveil your face to me. Allow me to… — Amin Maalouf Copy Share Image
God, she was beautiful - my first image of the Orient - a woman such as only the desert poet knew how to praise: her face was the sun, her hair the protecting shadow, her eyes fountains of cool water,… — Amin Maalouf Copy Share Image
“Yes indeed, both Muslim and Jewish!I, her father, am Muslim, at least on paper; her mother is Jewish, at least in theory. With us,… — Amin Maalouf Copy Share Image
The fact of simultaneously being Christian and having as my mother tongue Arabic, the holy language of Islam, is one of the basic paradoxes… — Amin Maalouf Copy Share Image
Let your tears roll tonight, but tomorrow you will start the battle again. What defeats us, always, is just our own sorrow. — Amin Maalouf Copy Share Image
“Can we reconcile indefinitely these two imperatives: the desire to preserve every individual's special identity and the need for Europeans to be able to… — Amin Maalouf Copy Share Image
“A community begins to fall apart the moment it agrees to abandon the weakest of its members.” — Amin Maalouf Copy Share Image
Our ancestors derived less from life than we do, but they also expected much less and were less intent on controlling the future. We… — Amin Maalouf Copy Share Image
“Til gjengjeld er det store sjanser for at ethvert amerikansk valg heretter vil bli et verdensomspennende psykordrama.” — Amin Maalouf Copy Share Image
“Someone other than I might have used the word “roots”. It is not part of my vocabulary. I don’t like the word, and I… — Amin Maalouf Copy Share Image
“On les écouta, on compatit, on s'indigna, on promit, mais on ne bougea pas une lance” — Amin Maalouf Copy Share Image
“Clawing its way towards us, the ugliness of the world tore away our hiding-place.” — Amin Maalouf Copy Share Image
What makes me myself rather than anyone else is the very fact that I am poised between two countries, two or three languages, and… — Amin Maalouf Copy Share Image
