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Never hesitate to go far away, beyond all seas, all frontiers, all countries, all beliefs. — Amin Maalouf

Are you certain that a man's life begins with his birth? — Amin Maalouf

People always manage to 'prove' what they want to believe; they'd be just as well off if they tried to prove the opposite. — Amin Maalouf

You can't say history teaches us this or that; it gives us more questions than answers, and many answers to every question. — Amin Maalouf

When a man is rich, whether in gold or in knowledge, he must treat the poverty of others with consideration. — Amin Maalouf

Virtue becomes unhealthy if it is not softened by some misdemeanors, and faith quickly becomes cruel if is not subdued by certain doubts. — Amin Maalouf

All pleasures must be paid for, do not despise those that state their price. — Amin Maalouf

So I've become an exile without ever leaving my country. — Amin Maalouf

It's not often in life that you can misbehave for the good of the cause — Amin Maalouf

What strange times we live in, when good must disguise itself in the tawdry rags of evil! — Amin Maalouf

Clawing its way towards us, the ugliness of the world tore away our hiding-place. — Amin Maalouf

Doctrines are meant to serve man, not the other way around. — 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. — Amin Maalouf

A community begins to fall apart the moment it agrees to abandon the weakest of its members. — Amin Maalouf

...it's better to wake up amid the pangs of desire than amid those of remorse. — Amin Maalouf

I came from here, you came from there.
And now we're both sitting at the same table. — Amin Maalouf

Perhaps writing only arouses the passions in order to allay them, as beaters flush out the game in order to expose it to the hunter's arrows. — Amin Maalouf

At my age, only naivete still manages to scandalize me sometimes. — Amin Maalouf

I have always thought that Heaven invented all the problems, and Hell the solutions. — Amin Maalouf

We die, just as we were born, at the edge of a road not of our choosing. — Amin Maalouf

Life is not so long that one can grow tired of it — Amin Maalouf

Is there a difference between being the midwife of truth, or the midwife of legends? — Amin Maalouf

Some women's arms are placed of exile; others are a native land. — Amin Maalouf

Some women's arms are places of exile; others are a native land. — Amin Maalouf

Let your tears roll tonight, but tomorrow you will start the battle again. What defeats us, always, is just our own sorrow. — Amin Maalouf

A life spent writing has taught me to be wary of words. Those that seem clearest are often the most treacherous. — Amin Maalouf

What's a year in comparison with eternity? what's a day? an hour? a second? Such measures have meaning only for a heart that's still beating. — Amin Maalouf

Life is like a fire. Flames which the passer-by forgets. Ashes which the wind scatters. A man lived. — Amin Maalouf

Our ancestors are our children; we peer through a hole in the wall and watch them play in their rooms, and they can't see us. — Amin Maalouf

Isn't it a characteristic of the age we live in that it has made everyone in a way a migrant and a member of a minority? — Amin Maalouf

I look at the world and my own life as if I were a stranger. I wish for nothing, except perhaps that time would stop. — 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