"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."

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Source : Amin Maalouf (1998). “Leo Africanus”, p.1, New Amsterdam Books

Amin Maalouf

#Country Quotes #Prayer Quotes #Son Quotes

“Invention is the pleasure you give yourself when other people's stuff isn't good enough.”
“The brain happens to be a meat machine.”
“I am a gay writer, absolutely. And in no way does that fact limit the reach or importance of what I write.”
“Mary Ocher gives me the chills, she frightens me with her feral soul. Her sound is of a true outsider artist, immaculately self possessed. Was this recorded this century? Or out of a basement that's she's been imprisoned all her life? Time to set her loose on the world. I'm so happy she exists. Set me free Mary!”
“It feels great to win and I can't be more thankful to the Lord for walking me through every step. God was and is so faithful every time.”
“For the moment, the snow is quite wet and soft. If it was hard or icy, it would be a perfect downhill for my style, because I could fight even harder.”
“We have no right to believe that freedom can be won without struggle.”

Source : Ernesto Che Guevara, Ernesto Guevara (2000). “Che Guevara Speaks”, Pathfinder Press
“You know, motherhood is my favourite topic in my personal life and I won't shut up about it, but it's not something I want to discuss publicly just because of the amount of attention it draws to a small person who didn't choose to be exposed.”

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