"In the Country of Men" Quotes
A young boy in Libya navigates the complexities of family and loyalty in a politically tumultuous 1970s.
fiction | 246 pages | Published in NaN
Quotes
I was not yet brave enough to see that there was nothing to be afraid of.
I remained silent, afraid of what might happen if I spoke.
Every secret has a different weight and every person has their own way of carrying it.
We have no choice, we must take risks, for we must learn. We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen.
There are two kinds of people. Those who are like this, and those who are like that.
It is here, in the moment that is now, that we must find the truth of our existence.
Each of us has a private way of being, which cannot be reduced to any rule, fixed plan, or formula.
The distance from the self to the self is the longest distance there is.
The truth is the truth, you do not have to pollute it with your feelings.
The most difficult problems of the world cannot be solved by thinking, but by seeing.
