Fear does not prevent death. It prevents life.

The calendar has a magic that makes us imagine a memory can be resurrected and revived, but nothing returns.

I believe in life and in people. I feel obliged to advocate their highest ideals as long as I believe them to be true. I also see myself compelled to revolt against ideals I believe to be false, since recoiling from rebellion would be a form of treason

I wake up early in the morning and walk for an hour. If I have something to write, I prefer to write in the morning until midday, and in the afternoon, I eat.

One effect that the Nobel Prize seems to have had is that more Arabic literary works have been translated into other languages.

Freedom of expression must be considered sacred and thought can only be corrected by counter thought.

Happy is he who can give himself up.