“I’m so old that I often tell myself, on nights when multitudes of stars are sparkling in the sky, there must necessarily be something to be discovered from living so long. Living, what an effort! At the end, there must… — Kamel Daoud Copy Share
“I’m so old that I often tell myself, on nights when multitudes of stars are sparkling in the sky, there must necessarily be something to be discovered from living so long. Living, what an effort! At the end, there must necessarily be, there has to be, some sort of essential revelation. It shocks me, this disproportion between my insignificance and… — Kamel Daoud Copy Share
“But there’s something irreparable as well: The crime forever compromises both love and the possibility of loving. I killed a man, and since then,… — Kamel Daoud Copy Share Image
“Why is it forbidden down here and promised up there? Drunken driving. Maybe God doesn’t want humanity to drink while it’s driving the universe… — Kamel Daoud Copy Share Image
“Good God, how can you kill someone and then take even his own death away from him?” — Kamel Daoud Copy Share Image
“I too have read his version of the facts. Like you and millions of others. And everyone got the picture, right from the start:… — Kamel Daoud Copy Share Image
“That’s the best proof of our absurd existence, my dear friend: Nobody’s granted a final day, just an accidental interruption in his life.” — Kamel Daoud Copy Share Image
“As far as I’m concerned, religion is public transportation I never use.” — Kamel Daoud Copy Share Image
“How do people who love each other do it? How can they stand it? What is it that makes them forget they were born… — Kamel Daoud Copy Share Image
“But Musa’s body will remain a mystery. There’s not a word in the book about it. That’s denial of a shockingly violent kind, don’t… — Kamel Daoud Copy Share Image
“But no, he didn’t name him, because if he had, my brother would have caused the murderer a problem with his conscience: You can’t… — Kamel Daoud Copy Share Image
