غالبًا ما ينزع المرء إلى التماهي مع أكثر انتماءاته تعرضًا للتجريح!
Amin Maaloufإن كلاً منّا مؤتمن على إرثين: الأول "عمودي" يأتيه من أسلافه وتقاليد شعوبه وطائفته الدينية، والثاني "أفقي" يأتيه من عصره ومعاصريه. ويبدو لي أن الإرث الثاني هو أكثرهما حسماً، ويكتسب المزيد من الأهمية يوماً بعد يوم. ومع ذلك، لا تنعكس هذه الحقيقة على إدراكنا أنفسنا. فنحن لا ننتسب إلى إرثنا الأفقي بل إلى إرثنا الآخر !
Amin MaaloufI am the son of the road , my country is a caravan and my life is the most unexpected of voyages. i belong to earth and to the god and it is to them that I will one day soon return
Amin MaaloufWhat makes me myself rather than anyone else is the very fact that I am poised between two countries, two or three languages, and several cultural traditions. It is precisely this that defines my identity. Would I exist more authentically if I cut off a part of myself
Amin MaaloufA life spent writing has taught me to be wary of words. Those that seem clearest are often the most treacherous.
Amin MaaloufEvery individual is a meeting ground for many different allegiances, and sometimes these loyalties conflict with one another and confront the person who harbors them with difficult choices
Amin MaaloufTags: identity
For it is often the way we look at other people that imprisons them within their own narrowest allegiances. And it is also the way we look at them that may set them free.
Amin MaaloufIsn't it a characteristic of the age we live in that it has made everyone in a way a migrant and a member of a minority?
Amin MaaloufC'est notre regard qui enferme souvent les autres dans leurs plus étroites appartenances, et c'est notre regard aussi qui peut les libérer.
Amin MaaloufIn my prayers, I want to say: Lord, don’t be far from me, and also don’t come too close. Let me contemplate the stars on the texture of your cloth, but don’t unveil your face to me. Allow me to hear the rivers that you send running, but Lord! Lord! Don’t allow me hearing your voice
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