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Naguib Mahfouz Quotes: If the urge to write should ever leave me, I want that day to be my last.
         

If the urge to write should ever leave me, I want that day to be my last.


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You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.



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Fear does not prevent death. It prevents life.



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I found myself in a sea in which the waves of joy and sorrow were clashing against each other.



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I love Sufism as I love beautiful poetry, but it is not the answer. Sufism is like a mirage in the desert. It says to you, come and sit, relax and enjoy yourself for a while.



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You know what I'm afraid of? That God is sick of us.



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Visit me once each year, for it's wrong to abandon people forever.



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Nothing records the effects of a sad life so graphically as the human body.



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