Conquerors, my son, consider as true history only what they have themselves fabricated.

Emile Habiby

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But what about the secret I bear?" I asked.
"Tell it to the world," he advised.
And that is what I am doing.

Emile Habiby

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So I knew then that she loved me; and I therefore loved her. I have always known that I will inevitably fall in love with any woman who loves me.

Emile Habiby

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In the so-called age of ignorance before Islam, our ancestors used to form their gods from dates and eat them when in need. Who is more ignorant then, dear sir, I or those who ate their gods?
You might say: “It is better for people to eat their gods than for the gods to eat them.”
But I’d respond: “Yes, but their gods were made of dates.”
--The Secret Life of Saeed, the Pessoptimist

Emile Habiby

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