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> [“I had not learned then that death avoids a man who desires it, to snatch at him whose heart holds fast to life.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mika-waltari/i-had-not-learned-then-that-death-avoids-a-man-who-desires-it-to/)

[Mika Waltari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mika-waltari/)

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## More by Mika Waltari

> [“My spirit welled up in its joy because I asked myself "why?" The dread key to all true knowledge is "why?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mika-waltari/my-spirit-welled-up-in-its-joy-because-i-asked-myself-why-the-dread/)

[Mika Waltari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mika-waltari/)

> [“He who once drunk of Nile water will forever yearn to be by the Nile again.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mika-waltari/he-who-once-drunk-of-nile-water-will-forever-yearn-to-be-by-the-nile/)

[Mika Waltari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mika-waltari/)

> [“Even were the time to come when there would be neither poor nor rich, yet there will always be wise and stupid, sly and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mika-waltari/even-were-the-time-to-come-when-there-would-be-neither-poor-nor-rich/)

[Mika Waltari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mika-waltari/)

> [“And what will be their fate?” he asked. “Forgive me master, but I am curious to know, so that my heart may prepare itself.”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mika-waltari/and-what-will-be-their-fate-he-asked-forgive-me-master-but-i-am/)

[Mika Waltari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mika-waltari/)

> [“I had not learned then that death avoids a man who desires it, to snatch at him whose heart holds fast to life.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mika-waltari/i-had-not-learned-then-that-death-avoids-a-man-who-desires-it-to/)

[Mika Waltari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mika-waltari/)

> [I have sought for something in this world beyond the pleasures both of virtue and of senses...I can assure you that at the core…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mika-waltari/i-have-sought-for-something-in-this-world-beyond-the-pleasures-both/)

[Mika Waltari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mika-waltari/)

> [“I, SINUHE, the son of Senmut and of his wife Kipa, write this. I do not write it to the glory of the gods…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mika-waltari/i-sinuhe-the-son-of-senmut-and-of-his-wife-kipa-write-this-i-do-not/)

[Mika Waltari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mika-waltari/)

> [“For I, Sinuhe, am a human being. I have lived in everyone who existed before me and shall live in all who come after…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mika-waltari/for-i-sinuhe-am-a-human-being-i-have-lived-in-everyone-who-existed/)

[Mika Waltari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mika-waltari/)

> [“Turn, O you years\_roll again, you vanished years\_sail, Ammon, from west to east across the heavens and bring again my youth! Not one word…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mika-waltari/turn-o-you-years-roll-again-you-vanished-years-sail-ammon-from-west/)

[Mika Waltari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mika-waltari/)

> [“Sinuhe, my friend, we have been born into strange times. Everything is melting – changing its shape – like clay on a potter’s wheel.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mika-waltari/sinuhe-my-friend-we-have-been-born-into-strange-times-everything-is/)

[Mika Waltari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mika-waltari/)

> [“For I, Sinuhe, am a human being. I have lived in everyone who existed before me and shall live in all who come after…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mika-waltari/for-i-sinuhe-am-a-human-being-i-have-lived-in-everyone-who-existed-2/)

[Mika Waltari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mika-waltari/)

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