Basically, being alive means keeping yourself ready for the sky to fall in on you at any time. If you start from the assumption that existence is only an ordeal, a test we have to pass, then you’re equipped to… — Yasmina Khadra Copy Share Image
It seems that the whole world is beginning to decay, and that its putrefaction has chosen to spread outward from here, from the land… — Yasmina Khadra Copy Share Image
I was depressed. I knew I was lost, but I had no idea how to find myself again. It was as though I was… — Yasmina Khadra Copy Share Image
“He took a fine fresh fig from his pocket and washed it meticulously in a glass of water; then he peeled it open before… — Yasmina Khadra Copy Share Image
Get a grip on yourself. there's only one god here on earth, and that's you. If you don't like the world, make one you… — Yasmina Khadra Copy Share Image
Of course, I'm aware of the animosities destroying brain cells on both sides, and I know all about the obstinacy of the warring parties,… — Yasmina Khadra Copy Share Image
“In the eyes of Popes and Imams we are Us and Them, but in the eyes of the Lord we are one.” — Yasmina Khadra Copy Share Image
“This land does not belong to you. It belongs to that ancient shepherd whose ghost is standing next to you, though you refuse to… — Yasmina Khadra Copy Share Image
You can know all there is to know about life and mankind, but what do you really know about yourself? — Yasmina Khadra Copy Share Image
“The can take everything you own- your property, your best years, all your joys, all your good works, everything down to your last shirt-… — Yasmina Khadra Copy Share Image
“An isolated person is doomed beyond remedy." Yasmina Khadra, Swallows of Kabul” — Yasmina Khadra Copy Share Image
“Anyone who tells you that a greater symphony exists than the breath in your body is lying.” — Yasmina Khadra Copy Share Image
