Abdellah Taia Quotes

I hate to express political ideas directly in a book. I don't want my books to be seen as an expression of this or that political idea. At the same time I want to show a kind of rebellion and transgression, something further.

Abdellah Taia

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I've always liked stories. I'm always reading, ever since I was a kid. I've always been reading and wanting to be in some other world. This is the perfect job for me.

Garrett Dillahunt
- World
- Job
- Reading
Industry is extremely slow in readjusting itself to the manufacture of modern consumer goods.

Yuri Andropov
- Industry
- Modern
- Slow
I feel like we all have our skeletons.

Taraji P. Henson
- Like
- Feel
- I Feel Like
When I was between 2 and 3 years old, I got to know my first non-human being. The non-human was a cocker spaniel named Baba. We weren't friends, Baba and I, nor enemies. He wasn't my dog. He belonged to the people my mother worked for, and he lived in the house with them and us.

Octavia E. Butler
- People
- Friends
- Mother
You know, for one glorious half hour, I was the mother of the president-elect.

Barbara Bush
- Mother
- You
- Know
It may be a cold, clammy thing to say, but those that treat friendship the same as any other selfishness seem to get the most out of it.

E. W. Howe
- May
- Cold
- Friendship