"We are not just visitors on this planet,……" — Amin Maalouf

"We are not just visitors on this planet, it belongs to us just as we belong to her, its past is ours, so is its future."

— Amin Maalouf

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25 Quotes by Amin Maalouf

Amin Maalouf has 25 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

The identity cannot be compartmentalized; it cannot be split in halves or thirds, nor have any clearly defined set of…
Never hesitate to go far away, beyond all seas, all frontiers, all countries, all beliefs.
All pleasures must be paid for, do not despise those that state their price.
Doctrines are meant to serve man, not the other way around.
During my youth, the idea of moving from Lebanon was unthinkable. Then I began to realise I might have to…
I come from no country, from no city, no tribe. I am the son of the road... all tongues and…
I am the son of the road , my country is a caravan and my life is the most unexpected…
A life spent writing has taught me to be wary of words. Those that seem clearest are often the most…
What makes me myself rather than anyone else is the very fact that I am poised between two countries, two…
Every individual is a meeting ground for many different allegiances, and sometimes these loyalties conflict with one another and confront…
For it is often the way we look at other people that imprisons them within their own narrowest allegiances. And…
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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Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a… — Jane Austen
The repose of sleep refreshes only the body. It rarely sets the soul at rest. The repose of the night… — Gaston Bachelard
Characters don't belong to anyone, not even the person who plays them. — Antonio Banderas
I cannot belong to a nonprofit organization because when you receive grants, you have to make such great compromises with… — Mikhail Baryshnikov
In expressing love we belong among the undeveloped countries. — Saul Bellow
My difficulties belong to me! — Alfred Adler
Once the curtain is raised, the actor is ceases to belong to himself. He belongs to his character, to his… — Sarah Bernhardt
I don't belong to anyone. — Manolo Blahnik
It's a privilege to serve the poor, to be servants of noble Africans, but I better belong in the rehearsal… — Bono
I went to church and couldn't swallow it. The music was nice but I don't belong there. — Alain de Botton
I hate all politics. I don't like either political party. One should not belong to them - one should be… — Ray Bradbury
Don't let anyone call you a minority if you're black or Hispanic or belong to some other ethnic group. You're… — Gwendolyn Brooks

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