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The Sirens of Baghdad QUOTES

The Sirens of Baghdad QUOTES

1 " If you haven’t lost your mind yet, that’s because you haven’t seen very much. "

― Yasmina Khadra , The Sirens of Baghdad

2 " He took a fine fresh fig from his pocket and washed it meticulously in a glass of water; then he peeled it open before our eyes. Inside, the beautiful fig was crawling with maggots. The imam concluded his lesson by saying, ‘It’s not a question of washing your bodies, but your souls, young men. If you’re rotten inside, neither rivers nor oceans will suffice to make you clean. "

― Yasmina Khadra , The Sirens of Baghdad

3 " I looked her up and down. She wouldn’t meet my eyes. I didn’t recognize her anymore. She was nothing like the image of her I had in my head. Her features meant nothing to me; she was someone else. "

― Yasmina Khadra , The Sirens of Baghdad

4 " A brute is still a brute, even when smiles; the eyes are where the soul declares its true nature. "

― Yasmina Khadra , The Sirens of Baghdad

5 " Life has rules, Omar, and without some of them, humanity would return to the Stone Age. "

― Yasmina Khadra , The Sirens of Baghdad

6 " il ne s'agit pas de laver son corps, mais son âme, jeunes gens. si vous êtes pourris de l'intérieur, ni les fleuves ni les océans ne sauraient vous désinfecter. "

― Yasmina Khadra , The Sirens of Baghdad

7 " Au diable la reconnaissance si elle est dispensée par des gens qui ne t'arrivent pas à la cheville. "

― Yasmina Khadra , The Sirens of Baghdad