Language Quote by Tahar Ben Jelloun

“This universe can very well be expressed in words and syllables which are not those of one's mother tongue.” quote by Tahar Ben Jelloun — Download Open image

“This universe can very well be expressed in words and syllables which are not those of one's mother tongue.”

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What have we achieved since the end of the Second World War? We have allowed petty, bourgeois regimes in which everything is average, mediocre.

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“A novel related in a dungeon, in the presence of death, cannot have the same meaning, the same consequences, as it would when read…

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I read a poem every night, as others read a prayer.

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The intellectual, the man of thought, doubt and analysis, should give the best of himself.

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I'd thought sexuality was instinctive or natural, but it's profoundly linked to inner security and cultural context.

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I don't feel guilty about expressing myself in French; nor do I feel that I am continuing the work of the colonizers.

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Real friendship, like real poetry, is extremely rare - and precious as a pearl.

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Our steps invent the path as we proceed; behind us they leave no trace, only the void. So we shall always look ahead and…

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“Man is more noble dead than alive, because in returning to the earth he becomes earth, and nothing is nobler than the earth that…

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“Our first love is always our last.”

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There are very few great poets in the world.

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People must insist on the right to say no, to be alone, to stand out from the herd. Creative artists can say all this…

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