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> [“It was as if there were no names here, as if there were no words. The desert cleansed everything in its wind, wiped everything away. The men had the freedom of the open spaces in their eyes, their skin was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-marie-gustave-le-cl-zio/it-was-as-if-there-were-no-names-here-as-if-there-were-no-words-the/)

[Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-marie-gustave-le-cl-zio/)

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## More by Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio

> [“In their purest form myths, not unlike tragedy, are perhaps the most important moment in the troubled history of Mexican civilization. The cement of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-marie-gustave-le-cl-zio/in-their-purest-form-myths-not-unlike-tragedy-are-perhaps-the-most/)

[Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-marie-gustave-le-cl-zio/)

> [“It was as if there were no names here, as if there were no words. The desert cleansed everything in its wind, wiped everything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-marie-gustave-le-cl-zio/it-was-as-if-there-were-no-names-here-as-if-there-were-no-words-the/)

[Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-marie-gustave-le-cl-zio/)

> [“Un miros de sărac, un miros de violență, de necesitatea de a parveni.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-marie-gustave-le-cl-zio/un-miros-de-s-rac-un-miros-de-violen-de-necesitatea-de-a-parveni/)

[Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-marie-gustave-le-cl-zio/)

> [“Abruptly, with the shock of the Conquest, the sober and puritanical man of the Christian Inquisition encountered, through their violent and upsetting nature, peoples…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-marie-gustave-le-cl-zio/abruptly-with-the-shock-of-the-conquest-the-sober-and-puritanical-man/)

[Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-marie-gustave-le-cl-zio/)

> [“From that imbalance rose the tragic results of the coming together of two worlds. It was the extermination of an ancient dream by the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-marie-gustave-le-cl-zio/from-that-imbalance-rose-the-tragic-results-of-the-coming-together-of/)

[Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-marie-gustave-le-cl-zio/)

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