“Perhaps boredom was an irrelevant concept for a life as monotonous as hers.” — Naguib Mahfouz Copy Share Image
“Life…is a wonder. It is a sky laden with clouds of contradictions.” — Naguib Mahfouz Copy Share Image
“Isn't it sad that a man of no significance like this marriage clerk should impede the progress of your life? But a… — Naguib Mahfouz Copy Share Image
Excessive concern with religion seems to me a last resort for people who have been exhausted by life. — Naguib Mahfouz Copy Share Image
I reject any path which rejects life, but I can't help loving Sufism because it sounds so beautiful. It gives relief in… — Naguib Mahfouz Copy Share Image
Art is a criticism of society and life, and I believe that if life became perfect, art would be meaningless and cease… — Naguib Mahfouz Copy Share Image
He seemed to be waiting for a miracle to save him from the depths his life had reached and take him to… — Naguib Mahfouz Copy Share Image
As for life's tragedies, our love will defeat them. Love is the most effective cure. In the crevices of disasters, happiness lies… — Naguib Mahfouz Copy Share Image
Nothing records the effects of a sad life so graphically as the human body. — Naguib Mahfouz Copy Share Image
“Falseness in life is the secret that makes man's inner self a rare truth; it hides from him although it's obvious to… — Naguib Mahfouz Copy Share Image
A priest's life is spent between question and answer-- or between a question and the attempt to answer it. The question is… — Naguib Mahfouz Copy Share Image
The Nobel Prize has given me, for the first time in my life, the feeling that my literature could be appreciated on… — Naguib Mahfouz Copy Share Image
I believe in life and in people. I feel obliged to advocate their highest ideals as long as I believe them to… — Naguib Mahfouz Copy Share Image
For the first time in my life, I felt that a wave, a justice was sweeping away a deep-seated decay without any… — Naguib Mahfouz Copy Share Image
Writing is for men who can think and feel, not mindless sensation seekers out of nightclubs and bars. But these are bad times. We… — Naguib Mahfouz Copy Share Image
He seemed to be waiting for a miracle to save him from the depths his life had reached and take him to a land… — Naguib Mahfouz Copy Share Image
I thought they would never select an Eastern writer for the Nobel. I was surprised. — Naguib Mahfouz Copy Share Image
The Arab world also won the Nobel with me. I believe that international doors have opened, and that from now on, literate people will… — Naguib Mahfouz Copy Share Image
I am the son of two civilizations that at a certain age in history have formed a happy marriage. The first of these, seven… — Naguib Mahfouz Copy Share Image
I accepted the interviews and encounters that had to be held with the media, but I would have preferred to work in peace. — Naguib Mahfouz Copy Share Image
Events at home, at work, in the street - these are the bases for a story. — Naguib Mahfouz Copy Share Image
Today's interpretations of religion are often backward and contradict the needs of civilization. — Naguib Mahfouz Copy Share Image
