Algerian Authors Quotes

“Some have speculated that the way [Albert] Camus died made his theories on absurdity a self-fulfilling prophecy. Others would say it was the triumphant meaningful way he lived that allowed him to rise heroically above absurdity.”
― Aberjhani, Illuminated Corners: Collected Essays and Articles Volume I.

“je t'aime en arabe c'est un verbe qui dépasse l'idée”
― Malek Haddad, سأهبك غزالة

“Peace wins over wealth.”
― Algerian Proverb

“Codolyc 30 mg
And the cops come out of the woodwork
We hide in the holes we call home
Catch us if you can
And I hear la voix de ville humming in my head
And I see the sirens of the seven villes moving ahead
To come and greet the connoisseur of paths
Me I say « Bravo» and «Long live death»”
― Benarrioua Aniss, Sins of Algiers

“Behind my words are my hopes

And behind my hopes is an angel singing my death and yours
I said to her "It's the ending of a cycle and the ending of me in your life"
She is now awake to the sound of nature and the angel's voice
We are soaring in the approaching stars
I am dreaming and cannot comprehend it
I have seen the stars
Dear stars: the awakening and the loss, we are born and fall
Dear stars, you too are above and lost and hanging like a booklet unread yet open for us all

Behind my eyes is a secret
I vouched to never share it
I see the selfsame eyes of my mother and my grand mother
And the eyes of my great grandmother, whom I never knew but felt
And so this line unto the Alef and the omega point at infinity
With my eye still I see the light, the crow that sees everything and smiles
And knows everything and smile
We comprehend a moment through him and smile
I see all around my skin and beyond
I have sung one thousand songs on the electric body
I have invented my self
I have killed my self
I am just a form of English words written by an Algerian spirit”
― Benarrioua Aniss, Sins of Algiers