

“I was twenty then. What the hell, I used to say, take your time, Bandini. You got ten years to write a book, so take it easy, get out and learn about life, walk the streets. That’s your trouble: your ignorance of life.”
― Ask the Dust
― Ask the Dust

“Don't bend; don't water it down; don't try to make it logical; don't edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.”
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“أشد سجون الحياة فكرة خائبة يسجن الحي فيها، لا هو مستطيع أن يدعها، ولا هو قادر أن يحققها؛ فهذا يمتد شقاؤه ما يمتد ولا يزال كأنه على أوله لا يتقدم إلى نهاية؛ ويتألم ما يتألم ولا تزال تشعره الحياة أن كل ما فات من العذاب إنما هو بَدْء العذاب.”
― وحي القلم
― وحي القلم

“Man acts as though he were the shaper and master of language, while in fact language remains the master of man. ”
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