"Palace Walk" Quotes
"Palace Walk" follows the trials and tribulations of a conservative Muslim family in Cairo during the early 20th century.
fiction | 501 pages | Published in NaN
Quotes
Fear is a fire that burns from birth to death.
Youth is a mistake, manhood a struggle, old age a regret.
A man remains a child for so long as he looks for the woman who will make him happy.
Greed is the root of all evil.
The heart of every human being is a battlefield.
Respect your father and love your mother, but the love of parents is only a prelude to self-love.
The wise man is the one who knows how to save his soul.
One must not worship man, but must respect him. A man is not a god, but a human being.
Life is a gamble, at terrible odds—if it was a bet you wouldn't take it.
Nobody can escape from his own heart.
