“I, SINUHE, the son of Senmut and of his wife Kipa, write this. I do not write it to the glory of the gods in the land of Kem, for I am weary of gods, nor to the glory of… — Mika Waltari Copy Share Image
“Sinuhe, my friend, we have been born into strange times. Everything is melting – changing its shape – like clay on a potter’s wheel. Dress is changing, words, customs are changing, and people no longer believe in the gods –… — Mika Waltari Copy Share Image
“My spirit welled up in its joy because I asked myself "why?" The dread key to all true knowledge is "why?” — Mika Waltari Copy Share Image
“He who once drunk of Nile water will forever yearn to be by the Nile again.” — Mika Waltari Copy Share Image
“Even were the time to come when there would be neither poor nor rich, yet there will always be wise and stupid, sly and simple, for so there have ever been and ever will be. The strong man sets his foot on the neck of the weakling; the cunning man runs off with the simpleton's purse and sets the dunce… — Mika Waltari Copy Share
“And what will be their fate?” he asked. “Forgive me master, but I am curious to know, so that my heart may prepare itself.”… — Mika Waltari Copy Share Image
“I had not learned then that death avoids a man who desires it, to snatch at him whose heart holds fast to life.” — Mika Waltari Copy Share Image
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… — Mika Waltari Copy Share Image
“I, SINUHE, the son of Senmut and of his wife Kipa, write this. I do not write it to the glory of the gods… — Mika Waltari Copy Share Image
“For I, Sinuhe, am a human being. I have lived in everyone who existed before me and shall live in all who come after… — Mika Waltari Copy Share Image
“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… — Mika Waltari Copy Share Image
“Sinuhe, my friend, we have been born into strange times. Everything is melting – changing its shape – like clay on a potter’s wheel.… — Mika Waltari Copy Share Image
“For I, Sinuhe, am a human being. I have lived in everyone who existed before me and shall live in all who come after… — Mika Waltari Copy Share Image
