"A life spent writing has taught me to……" — Amin Maalouf
"A life spent writing has taught me to be wary of words. Those that seem clearest are often the most treacherous."
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25 Quotes by Amin Maalouf
Amin Maalouf has 25 quotes on this site.
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The identity cannot be compartmentalized; it cannot be split in halves or thirds, nor have any clearly defined set of…
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Never hesitate to go far away, beyond all seas, all frontiers, all countries, all beliefs.
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All pleasures must be paid for, do not despise those that state their price.
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Doctrines are meant to serve man, not the other way around.
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During my youth, the idea of moving from Lebanon was unthinkable. Then I began to realise I might have to…
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I come from no country, from no city, no tribe. I am the son of the road... all tongues and…
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I am the son of the road , my country is a caravan and my life is the most unexpected…
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What makes me myself rather than anyone else is the very fact that I am poised between two countries, two…
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Every individual is a meeting ground for many different allegiances, and sometimes these loyalties conflict with one another and confront…
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For it is often the way we look at other people that imprisons them within their own narrowest allegiances. And…
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Isn't it a characteristic of the age we live in that it has made everyone in a way a migrant…
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In my prayers, I want to say: Lord, don’t be far from me, and also don’t come too close. Let…
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In a state of grace, the soul is like a well of limpid water, from which flow only streams of…
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The commitments we make to ourselves and to others, and our integrity to those commitments, is the essence and clearest…
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But who prays for Satan? Who in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner…
— Mark Twain
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I believe in God, who can respond to prayers, to whom we can give trust and without whom life on…
— Nevill Francis Mott
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The furies are at home in the mirror; it is their address. Even the clearest water, if deep enough can…
— R. S. Thomas
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Another secret of the universe: Sometimes pain was like a storm that came out of nowhere. The clearest summer could…
— Benjamin Alire Saenz
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Patriotism in its simplest, clearest, and most indubitable meaning is nothing but an instrument for the attainment of the government's…
— Leo Tolstoy
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I think the clearest manifestation for anyone who doubts that racism and classism exist in America, all one need do…
— Tim McDonald
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We needed time to figure out what all of this meant, how we were going to come to terms and…
— Patti Smith
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Islam makes very large claims for itself. In its art, there is a prejudice against representing the human form at…
— Christopher Hitchens
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Eisenhower had the clearest blue eyes. He would fix them on you. In my every interview with him, he would…
— Stephen Ambrose
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Only it’s just the same. In fact, do you know, because of all that pressure, and worry, and fear, it’s…
— Joe Abercrombie
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