“Where is it written that lives should have a meaning?”
― The Story of the Lost Child
― The Story of the Lost Child
“It's amazing how man still believes in words. For example, if you call him a fool and don't beat him, he'll be wretched. Call him a genius and don't give him any money - he'll be quite satisfied.”
― Fathers and Sons
― Fathers and Sons
“Perfect understanding between beings is no guarantor of happiness. To perfectly understand another's madness, for instance, is to be mad oneself. The veil that separates earthly beings is, at times, a tragic barrier, but it is also, at times, a great kindness.”
― Fifteen Dogs
― Fifteen Dogs
“Do you know that the Sufis believe the world is a mother's womb? she asks. We are all babies in a womb. When the time comes we have to leave the world. We know this but we don't want to leave. We fear that when we die we will cease to exist. But death is actually a birth. If we could understand this we wouldn't be scared of anything.”
― Black Milk: On Writing, Motherhood, and the Harem Within
― Black Milk: On Writing, Motherhood, and the Harem Within
“To be born in that city is useful for only one thing: to have always known, almost instinctively, what today, with endless fine distinctions, everyone is beginning to claim: that the dream of unlimited progress is in reality a nightmare of savagery and death.”
― The Story of the Lost Child
― The Story of the Lost Child
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