Samarkand
Amin Maalouf
Top 10 Best Quotes
“God, she was beautiful - my first image of the Orient - a woman such as only the desert poet knew how to praise: her face was the sun, her hair the protecting shadow, her eyes fountains of cool water, her body the most slender of palm-trees and her smile a mirage.”
“Life is like a fire. Flames which the passer-by forgets. Ashes which the wind scatters. A man lived.”
“When faced with a chaotic and convoluted situation, one always thinks that it will take centuries to sort it out. Suddenly a man appears and as if by magic, the tree we thought was doomed takes on new life and starts bearing leaves and fruits and giving shade." (Shireen in Samarkand)”
“We live in the age of the secret and of fear. You must have two faces. Show one to the crowd, and keep the other for yourself and your Creator. If you want to keep your eyes, your ears and your tongue, forget that you have them.”
“Time has two faces, Khayyam said to himself. It has two dimensions, its length is measured by the rhythm of the sun but its depth by the rhythm of passion.”
“Next to your beloved, Khayyam, how alone you are! Now that she is gone, you can take refuge in her.”
“If with evil You punish the evil I have done Pray tell, what is the difference between You and me?”
“If You punish with evil the evil I have done, tell, what is the difference between You and me?”
“All violence here is born of fear.”
“you do not arrive only at your destination. At every stage of the journey you arrive somewhere and with every step you can discover a hidden facet of our planet. All you have to do is look, wish, believe and love.”
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