#hi

I reject any path which rejects life, but I can't help loving Sufism because it sounds so beautiful. It gives relief in the midst of battle. ↗

— Naguib Mahfouz

#battle #beautiful #because #gives #help

We do not need international help to stop corruption, we need strong Louisiana Leadership. ↗

— David Vitter

#help #international #leadership #louisiana #need

Hosni Mubarak... his constitution is not democratic, but he is democratic. We can voice our opinions now. The press is free. ↗

— Naguib Mahfouz

#democratic #free #his #mubarak #now

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 didn't make any money from my writing until much later. I published about 80 stories for nothing. I spent on literature. ↗

— Naguib Mahfouz

#any #i #later #literature #make

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 was reading a lot of books I admired, and thought that I would like to write something like that someday. ↗

— Naguib Mahfouz

#books #i #like #lot #reading

It is simply not part of my culture to preserve notes. I have never heard of a writer preserving his early drafts. ↗

— Naguib Mahfouz

#drafts #early #heard #his #i

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