Tahar Ben Jelloun Quotes & Sayings

48 most famous Tahar Ben Jelloun quotes and sayings (poet). These are the first 10 quotes we have.

“Real friendship, like real poetry, is extremely rare - and precious as a pearl.”

“The power of the word in Morocco belonged to men and to the authorities. No one asked the point of view of poor people or women.”

“I love life in spite of all that mars it. I love friendship, jokes and laughter.”

“I came to poetry through the urgent need to denounce injustice, exploitation, humiliation. I know that's not enough to change the world. But to remain silent would have been a kind of intolerable complicity.”

“Emigration is no longer a solution; it's a defeat. People are risking death, drowning every day, but they're knocking on doors that are not open.”

“This universe can very well be expressed in words and syllables which are not those of one's mother tongue.”

“In the Arab world, there is no link between the cultural habits of peoples and the ways of thinking and creating of modern intellectuals. They are two separate worlds.”