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Tahar Ben Jelloun

"Real friendship, like real poetry, is extremely rare - and precious as a pearl."

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"Friends are the real superheroes. They battle our worst enemies-loneliness, grief, anxiety, depression, fear, and doubt-every time they come around."

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"A friend is a person who always understands your preoccupations, even when other people do not perceive them at all."

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"After all we have few friends, if we don't show that we care about them, we will reach 0 friends..."

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"Two a.m.' He swallowed, then said, "You know. The person you can call at two a.m. and, no matter what, you can count on them. Even if they're asleep or it's cold or you need to be bailed out of jail...they'll come for you. It's like, the highest level of friendship."

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"Hey, and for what it's worth? Friends don't leave you alone in the woods. Friends are the ones who come and take you out."

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"When we see a lonely fisherman, we ask where the boat is; when we see a lonely boat, we ask where the fisherman is! We love to see the good friends always together!"

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"There is no friend as loyal as a book."

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"To have a great man for a friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those who have, fear it."

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"The only sensible ends of literature are, first, the pleasurable toil of writing; second, the gratification of one's family and friends; and lastly, the solid cash."

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"Love is flower like; Friendship is like a sheltering tree."

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"I came to poetry through the urgent need to denounce injustice, exploitation, humiliation. I know that's not enough to change the world. But to remain silent would have been a kind of intolerable complicity."
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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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"I write about wounds, the eternal treasons of life. It's not very funny, but it's sincere. My commitment is to sincerity."
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"Beauty is first and foremost an emotion."
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"My sensibility steers me toward writers who are out on their own."
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"I love life in spite of all that mars it. I love friendship, jokes and laughter."
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