“ The man who let the love of his life pass him by will end up alone with his regrets and all the sighs in the world won't soothe his soul. Yasmina Khadra
“ You can know all there is to know about life and mankind, but what do you really know about yourself? Yasmina Khadra
“ Get a grip on yourself. there's only one god here on earth, and that's you. If you don't like the world, make one you like better. Yasmina Khadra
“ Either it falls on your head like a roof tile or it attaches itself to your insides like a tapeworm. Afterward, you no longer see the world in the same way. You’ve got only one thing on your mind: the… Yasmina Khadra
“ Why sacrifice some for the benefit of others? It’s generally the best and the bravest who choose to lay down their lives for the sake of those who hide in their holes. So why favor the sacrifice of th… Yasmina Khadra
“ Amin, you’re not making sense to me. Things have always been this way, since the beginning of time. Some die so others can be saved. You don’t believe in the salvation of others? Yasmina Khadra
“ Whose truth do you want to know, Dr. Amin Jaafari? The truth of a Bedouin who thinks he’s free and clear because he’s got an Israeli passport? The truth of a serviceable Arab per excellence who’s hono… Yasmina Khadra
“ ...we are the whole life that we have lived, its highs and lows, its fortunes and its hardships; we are the sum of the ghosts that haunt us... Yasmina Khadra
“ Furthermore, I refuse to wear a burqa. Of all the burdens they've put on us, that's the most degrading. The Shirt of Nessus woudn't do as much damage to my dignity as that wretched getup. It cancels m… Yasmina Khadra
“ But she was so happy in her gilded cage, wasn’t she? She ate well, slept well, enjoyed herself She lacked nothing. And then, look, a bunch of mental cases turn her away from her happiness and send her… Yasmina Khadra
“ Was I still myself? If so, who was I? I wasn’t really interested in knowing that. It had no sort of importance for me anymore. Some moorings had broken, some taboos had fallen, and a world of spells a… Yasmina Khadra
“ Celui qui se relève de ses faux pas aura gagné l'estime des dieux. De toutes les couleurs qu'on lui en a fait voir, il construira un arc-en-ciel. Yasmina Khadra
“ And yet we were very much alike; we’d lost our souls, and we were ready to destroy others. Yasmina Khadra
“ For a man to think he can fulfil his destiny without a woman is a misunderstanding, a miscalculation; it is reckless and folly. Certainly a woman is not everthing, but everything depends on her. Yasmina Khadra
“ Of course, I’m aware of the animosities destroying brain cells on both sides, and I know all about the obstinacy of the warring parties, their refusal to reach an agreement, their devotion to their ow… Yasmina Khadra
“ Basically, being alive means keeping yourself ready for the sky to fall in on you at any time. If you start from the assumption that existence is only an ordeal, a test we have to pass, then you’re eq… Yasmina Khadra
