“In cities it is useless to look at the stars or to describe them, worship them, or seek direction from them. When lost, one should follow the tracks of the camels.”
Rawi Hage“All libraries must submit to a certain order, I answered. Indeed, agreed the professor, or all will be lost. The fall of nations and empires begins with the fall of libraries.”
Rawi Hage, Carnival“Communists and Muslims are not the enemies to fear in this land, Fly. It is the food consumption that will eventually blow up in everyone’s faces.”
Rawi Hage, Carnival“This lesser world is all about reproduction, as you might well know. Those who cease to duplicate simply die.”
Rawi Hage, Carnival“So long, I replied, may we all have one good flight before we rest among flowers and the orbits of hungry worms.”
Rawi Hage, Carnival“The moon should be colonised, I thought. Mankind should seek a happier beginning, and humans should be free to stroll hand in hand regardless of their weight and orientation.”
Rawi Hage, Carnival“There are two ways to taste things in life: the sweet way and the bitter way.”
Rawi Hage, Carnival“Nothing to be proud of, nothing to regret.”
Rawi Hage, Carnival“In cities it is useless to look at the stars or to describe them, worship them, or seek direction from them. When lost, one should follow the tracks of the camels.”
Rawi Hage, Carnival“Violence and resistance are the only answer. Empire has to feel pain or it will never stop devouring you. It is only when a gun is put in a person’s face that anything changes. All empires are hungry cannibals...”
Rawi Hage, Carnival“Never underestimate a clown with a book.”
Rawi Hage, Carnival