Tahar Ben Jelloun Quotes

French - Poet | December 1, 1944 -

I love life in spite of all that mars it. I love friendship, jokes and laughter.

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Poetry is a form of mathematics, a highly rigorous relationship with words.

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Emigration is no longer a solution; it's a defeat. People are risking death, drowning every day, but they're knocking on doors that are not open.

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DayDeathPeopleDoorsSolution

At 21, I discovered repression and injustice. The army would shoot students with real bullets.

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I read a poem every night, as others read a prayer.

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The power of the word in Morocco belonged to men and to the authorities. No one asked the point of view of poor people or women.

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WomenPowerMenPeopleViewPoor

I am a Moroccan writer of French expression.

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The mistake we make is to attribute to religions the errors and fanaticism of human beings.

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My hope is that countries like Morocco will have investment to create work, so people don't have to leave.

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WorkHopePeopleCreateInvestment

In the '70s I was in exile; every time I went back I wondered if they'd take my passport away.

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I belong to a specific category of writers, those who speak and write in a language different from that of their parents.

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I don't feel guilty about expressing myself in French; nor do I feel that I am continuing the work of the colonizers.

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