#al

An allegory is not meant to be taken literally. There is a great lack of comprehension on the part of some readers. ↗

#comprehension #great #lack #literally #meant

I am practically in the employ of Mr. Nobel. I have to meet everyone he sends my way. ↗

I believe society has a right to defend itself, just as the individual has the right to attack that with which he disagrees. ↗

— Naguib Mahfouz

#believe #defend #disagrees #i #i believe

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. ↗

— Naguib Mahfouz

#early #eat #hour #i #midday

I've never worked in politics, never been a member of an official committee or a political party. ↗

— Naguib Mahfouz

#committee #i #member #never #official

My countrymen have the right to shake my hand and talk to me if they so wish. Don't forget that their support and their reading of my works is what brought me the Nobel prize. ↗

— Naguib Mahfouz

#countrymen #forget #hand #me #nobel

In the theatrical works we love and admire the most, the ending of the drama generally takes place offstage. ↗

— Gustav Mahler

#drama #ending #generally #love #most

The criminal is trying to solve his immediate problems. ↗

— Naguib Mahfouz

#his #immediate #problems #solve #trying

There are no heroes in most of my stories. I look at our society with a critical eye and find nothing extraordinary in the people I see. ↗

— Naguib Mahfouz

#extraordinary #eye #find #heroes #i

Don't bother looking at the view - I have already composed it. ↗