Kamel Daoud

For a man, there's nothing more demeaning than the act of lying.

I like the idea that nothing really happens, that the world is a still place, and that, once you're dead, you stay dead.

I've always preferred the idea of being alone. Not that I've always been alone. But I've always been lonely.

I've always believed that a man who doesn't know how to read is no different from one who can't.

The truth is that I don't believe in anything, and I don't know what to believe.

I've always felt that the best way to kill time is to live it, to fill each moment with meaning.

I've never been afraid of death. I think it's more the idea of dying that bothers me.

I've always had a strange relationship with the truth. I can't bear it, but I can't stand anyone who lies to me.

I've always found it strange that the dead are sometimes more alive than the living.

I've always thought that the best part of being alive is the fact that it's short.

I've always found it odd that people are more interested in the dead than in the living.

I've never understood how someone can be so interested in death when they're still alive.