“Sans la mer, sans les femmes, nous serions restés définitivement des orphelins ; elles nous couvrirent du sel de leur langue et cela, heureusement, préserva maints d’entre nous ! Il faudra le proclamer un jour publiquement.” FemmeGuerreFéminismeMer Book:Qui se souvient de la mer (Minos t. 52) Source: Qui se souvient de la mer (Minos t. 52)
“Beware that the one who reads is the same as the book, the same as what is read, the same as the speaker and the same as what is spoken without being the word.” BookReadingSpeakersBooks And Reading Author:Mohammed Dib
“Humiliation, slavery, fear have perverted us to the bone; we no longer look like men... . Men must be granted the respect due to them.” MenLooksDignitySlaveryBonesDuesGrantedHumiliation Author:Mohammed Dib
“A man is likewise form and expression, a written sign thrown unto boundless matter, an undifferentiated word of what is. I've therefore been created in the image of the inscriptions that, as a child, I used to project unto my bits of bone, stone, wood, and iron, probably even in the image of a single one of their words, a single one of their letters.” MenChildrenMatterFormUsedHumanityBitsWrittenExpressionProjectsStonesLettersWoodsBonesThrownIronBoundlessInscriptions Author:Mohammed Dib
“At present, [in the desert] an exasperating clarity reigns. The sky has become less visible than water in a jar. Black peaks, spines of granite, a twisted tree are sculpted in this atmosphere basted with reflections. All that remains: a countryside of imperishable contours.” BlackWaterNatureTreeSkyReflectionRemainsClarityDesertAtmosphereVisibleReignTwistedSpineCountrysideJarsGraniteAll That Remains Author:Mohammed Dib
