"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 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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"Belladonna, n.: In Italian a beautiful lady; in English a deadly poison. A striking example of the essential identity of the two tongues."

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"English is not merely a language anymore, it has become a way of life for millions of non-native English speakers around the world."

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"Aye, aye, that's the way wi' thee: thee allays makes a peck o' thy own words out o' a pint o' the Bible's."

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"Every language has its own word for the sun, but the sun us always the same."

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"Words are the fallen ruins of silent majesty."

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"Language is like a road, it cannot be perceived all at once because it unfolds in time, whether heard or read. This narrative or temporal element has made writing and walking resemble each other."

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"Oh, how scary and wonderful it is that words can change our lives simply by being next to each other."

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"We suffer from the malady of words, and have no trust in any feeling that is not stamped with its special word."

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"I'd been trying for a while to get parts that weren't just the English bad guy, so it was quite refreshing to be playing someone who was a compassionate, decent guy."

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"I am not yet so lost in lexicography as to forget that words are the daughters of earth and that things are the sons of heaven."

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

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"An individual voice can be heard in a choir that otherwise sings in unison. This is something that is not excused."

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"The world does not look to us in the Arab world out of a healthy desire for knowledge."

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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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"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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"In Morocco, it's possible to see the Atlantic and the Mediterranean at the same time."

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

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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 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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"It is through accepting other people in our own countries that we shall come to respect our neighbours and be respected in our turn."

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