Real Bullets Quotes by Tahar Ben Jelloun

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Tahar Ben Jelloun has 49 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

• Poetry is a form of mathematics, a highly rigorous relationship with words.
• People must insist on the right to say no, to be alone, to stand out from the herd. Creative artists can say…
• At 21, I discovered repression and injustice. The army would shoot students with real bullets.
• An individual voice can be heard in a choir that otherwise sings in unison. This is something that is not excused.
• Be vigilant, for nothing one achieves lasts forever.
• Beauty is first and foremost an emotion.
• I am a Moroccan writer of French expression.
• For me, poetry is a situation - a state of being, a way of facing life and facing history.
• I am a guest of the French language. My poems in French are born of my interaction with the French language, which…
• I am glad to have found a readership, but one can’t write only what is likely to sell. A writer is not…
• I write about wounds, the eternal treasons of life. It's not very funny, but it's sincere. My commitment is to sincerity.
• My characters are driven by a passionate desire for justice. They are rebellious and incorruptible.

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