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Tahar Ben Jelloun Quotes

Tahar Ben Jelloun quotes

French Poet December 1, 1944

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Tahar Ben Jelloun quote: "I love life in spite of all that mars it. I love friendship,..."
I love life in spite of all that mars it. I love friendship, jokes and laughter. Tahar Ben Jelloun
We do not have many intellectuals who can speak out for us internationally. We have no writers who are recognized, respected and loved outside the Arab world. Tahar Ben Jelloun
Tahar Ben Jelloun quote: "Our first love is always our last."
Our first love is always our last. Tahar Ben Jelloun
Tahar Ben Jelloun quote: "I write about wounds, the eternal treasons of life. It's not..."
I write about wounds, the eternal treasons of life. It's not very funny, but it's sincere. My commitment is to sincerity. Tahar Ben Jelloun
I have at least the whole of my life to answer a question: Who am I? And who is the other? A gust of wind at dawn? A motionless landscape? A trembling leaf? A coil of white smoke above a mountain? I write all these words and I hear the wind, not outside, but inside my head. A strong wind, it rattles the shutters through which I enter the dream. Tahar Ben Jelloun
Tahar Ben Jelloun quote: "Don't worry, life is good despite everything!"
Don't worry, life is good despite everything! Tahar Ben Jelloun
Tahar Ben Jelloun quote: "For me, poetry is a situation - a state of being, a way of..."
For me, poetry is a situation - a state of being, a way of facing life and facing history. Tahar Ben Jelloun
Tahar Ben Jelloun quote: "Real friendship, like real poetry, is extremely rare - and..."
Real friendship, like real poetry, is extremely rare - and precious as a pearl. Tahar Ben Jelloun
Tahar Ben Jelloun quote: "Beauty is first and foremost an emotion."
Beauty is first and foremost an emotion. Tahar Ben Jelloun
Tahar Ben Jelloun quote: "The intellectual, the man of thought, doubt and analysis,..."
The intellectual, the man of thought, doubt and analysis, should give the best of himself. Tahar Ben Jelloun
I came to poetry through the urgent need to denounce injustice, exploitation, humiliation. I know that's not enough to change the world. But to remain silent would have been a kind of intolerable complicity. Tahar Ben Jelloun
People must insist on the right to say no, to be alone, to stand out from the herd. Creative artists can say all this in their own way and in their own field, by hard, rigorous work. Tahar Ben Jelloun
Tahar Ben Jelloun quote: "Poetry is a form of mathematics, a highly rigorous..."
Poetry is a form of mathematics, a highly rigorous relationship with words. Tahar Ben Jelloun
The power of the word in Morocco belonged to men and to the authorities. No one asked the point of view of poor people or women. Tahar Ben Jelloun
Tahar Ben Jelloun quote: "I'd thought sexuality was instinctive or natural, but it's..."
I'd thought sexuality was instinctive or natural, but it's profoundly linked to inner security and cultural context. Tahar Ben Jelloun

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