"God, she was beautiful - my first image of the Orient - a woman such as only the desert poet knew how to praise: her face was the sun, her hair the protecting shadow, her eyes fountains of cool water, her body the most slender of palm-trees and her smile a mirage."

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Source : Amin Maalouf (1998). “Samarkand”, Interlink Publishing Group Incorporated

Amin Maalouf

#Beautiful Quotes #Eye Quotes #Hair Quotes

“I love what I do, and I never thought about doing anything else. I think my voice was bestowed upon me; it was a gift I was given. I just had to learn to understand how to use it.”
“Irish women are always carrying water on their heads, and always carrying their husbands home from pubs. Such things are the greatest posture-builders in the world.”
“Spielberg gave us three takes before saying anything to us. Since then, I do that, three takes, to let the actors find their rhythm.”
“And I, the while, the sole unbusy thing, Nor honey make, nor pair, nor build, nor sing.”
“In the 1950s and 1960s, the heroes were the long-term investors; today the heroes are the wise guys.”
“Go to your banquet then, but use delight So as to rise still with an appetite.”
“My communication with aliens is not verbal - we speak the language of light.”
“Something that cannot be explained cannot be seen.”

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