Jelloun Quotes & Sayings
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I belong to a specific category of writers, those who speak and write in a language different from that of their parents. —
Tahar Ben Jelloun

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

But bad manners or vulgar gestures can sometimes have a touch of poetry about them, just enough not to arouse one's indignation. —
Tahar Ben Jelloun

An individual voice can be heard in a choir that otherwise sings in unison. This is something that is not excused. —
Tahar Ben Jelloun

At 21, I discovered repression and injustice. The army would shoot students with real bullets. —
Tahar Ben Jelloun

Don't worry, life is good despite everything! —
Tahar Ben Jelloun

I write about wounds, the eternal treasons of life. It's not very funny, but it's sincere. My commitment is to sincerity. —
Tahar Ben Jelloun

The power of the word in Morocco belonged to men and to the authorities. No one asked the point of view of poor people or women. —
Tahar Ben Jelloun

My characters are driven by a passionate desire for justice. They are rebellious and incorruptible. —
Tahar Ben Jelloun

There is a gulf between the Arab peoples and Arab intellectuals. —
Tahar Ben Jelloun

Emigration is no longer a solution; it's a defeat. People are risking death, drowning every day, but they're knocking on doors that are not open. —
Tahar Ben Jelloun

In Morocco, it's possible to see the Atlantic and the Mediterranean at the same time. —
Tahar Ben Jelloun

I liked Sartre's views but not his writing. —
Tahar Ben Jelloun

Egypt has suffered more ordeals than the other countries to get where it is. —
Tahar Ben Jelloun

I love life in spite of all that mars it. I love friendship, jokes and laughter. —
Tahar Ben Jelloun

For me, poetry is a situation - a state of being, a way of facing life and facing history. —
Tahar Ben Jelloun

There is an important erotic element in A Thousand and One Nights, which is one of the keys to understanding the Orient. —
Tahar Ben Jelloun

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

I read a poem every night, as others read a prayer. —
Tahar Ben Jelloun

I do not use the language of my people. I can take liberties with certain themes which the Arabic language would not allow me to take. —
Tahar Ben Jelloun

This universe can very well be expressed in words and syllables which are not those of one's mother tongue. —
Tahar Ben Jelloun

There are very few great poets in the world. —
Tahar Ben Jelloun

The mistake we make is to attribute to religions the errors and fanaticism of human beings. —
Tahar Ben Jelloun

Beauty is first and foremost an emotion. —
Tahar Ben Jelloun

My hope is that countries like Morocco will have investment to create work, so people don't have to leave. —
Tahar Ben Jelloun

It is through accepting other people in our own countries that we shall come to respect our neighbours and be respected in our turn. —
Tahar Ben Jelloun

Be vigilant, for nothing one achieves lasts forever. —
Tahar Ben Jelloun

To lead a country, you must periodically hold a national consultation in which people representing different programmes can make a bid for power. —
Tahar Ben Jelloun

The intellectual, the man of thought, doubt and analysis, should give the best of himself. —
Tahar Ben Jelloun

Poetry is a form of mathematics, a highly rigorous relationship with words. —
Tahar Ben Jelloun

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