Rawi Hage quotes
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“There is nothing like the cure of fresh air for cases of bladder infection, paranoia, and Cartesian thinking.”
-- Rawi HageSource : Rawi Hage (2013). “Carnival”, p.37, Penguin UK
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“Never underestimate a clown with a book.”
-- Rawi HageSource : Rawi Hage (2013). “Carnival: A Novel”, p.141, W. W. Norton & Company
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“In cities it is useless to look at the stars or to describe them, worship them, or seek direction from them. When lost, one should follow the tracks of the camels.”
-- Rawi HageSource : Rawi Hage (2013). “Carnival: A Novel”, p.131, W. W. Norton & Company
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“I say, doctors are the profiteers of death and unclaimed cadavers that were once inhabited by homeless and wondering poets!”
-- Rawi HageSource : Rawi Hage (2013). “Carnival: A Novel”, p.6, W. W. Norton & Company
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“I don't judge those who can't dream, those who need to pierce their arms to create different worlds under their skin, because I am fortunate in the tools of my escapes”
-- Rawi HageSource : Rawi Hage (2013). “Carnival: A Novel”, p.23, W. W. Norton & Company
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“Books were always important. I have to thank my father, he filled my life with books. He didn't write but he always read. He was a merchant, he filled the store with cigarette smoke and his friends, all talking about books and politics. It was bad for business. He dealt in women's clothing.”
-- Rawi Hage
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Source : Adolf Galland (1954). “The first and the last: the rise and fall of the German fighter forces, 1938-1945”
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“My parents are going to kill me!" "That seems rather harsh...”
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Source : Joseph Finder (2014). “Paranoia”, p.20, Head of Zeus
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“I learned how but I have a terrible paranoia and fear. I do not drive an automobile.”
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Source : Rawi Hage (2013). “Carnival”, p.37, Penguin UK
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