The fact of simultaneously being Christian and having as my mother tongue Arabic, the holy language of Islam, is one of the basic paradoxes that have shaped my identity.
Every individual is a meeting ground for many different allegiances, and sometimes these loyalties conflict with one another and confront the person … - Amin Maalouf
Every individual is a meeting ground for many different allegiances, and sometimes these loyalties conflict with one another and confront the person …
- Amin Maalouf
What makes me myself rather than anyone else is the very fact that I am poised between two countries, two or three languages, and several cultural tr… - Amin Maalouf
What makes me myself rather than anyone else is the very fact that I am poised between two countries, two or three languages, and several cultural tr…
Our ancestors derived less from life than we do, but they also expected much less and were less intent on controlling the future. We are of the arrog… - Amin Maalouf
Our ancestors derived less from life than we do, but they also expected much less and were less intent on controlling the future. We are of the arrog…
How do I pray? I study a rose, I count the stars, I marvel at the beauty of creation and how perfectly ordered it is, at man, the most beautiful work… - Amin Maalouf
How do I pray? I study a rose, I count the stars, I marvel at the beauty of creation and how perfectly ordered it is, at man, the most beautiful work…
let us thank God for having made us this gift of death, so that life is to have meaning; of night, that day is to have meaning; silence, that speech … - Amin Maalouf
let us thank God for having made us this gift of death, so that life is to have meaning; of night, that day is to have meaning; silence, that speech …
Taking the line of least resistance, we lump the most different people together under the same heading. Taking the line of least resistance, we ascri… - Amin Maalouf
Taking the line of least resistance, we lump the most different people together under the same heading. Taking the line of least resistance, we ascri…
I come from no country, from no city, no tribe. I am the son of the road... all tongues and all prayers belong to me. But I belong to none of them. - Amin Maalouf
I come from no country, from no city, no tribe. I am the son of the road... all tongues and all prayers belong to me. But I belong to none of them.
I am the son of the road , my country is a caravan and my life is the most unexpected of voyages. i belong to earth and to the god and it is to them … - Amin Maalouf
I am the son of the road , my country is a caravan and my life is the most unexpected of voyages. i belong to earth and to the god and it is to them …
Let your tears roll tonight, but tomorrow you will start the battle again. What defeats us, always, is just our own sorrow. - Amin Maalouf
Let your tears roll tonight, but tomorrow you will start the battle again. What defeats us, always, is just our own sorrow.
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