Beauty is first and foremost an emotion.

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I liked Sartre's views but not his writing.

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I am a Moroccan writer of French expression.

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There are very few great poets in the world.

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I read a poem every night, as others read a prayer.

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Be vigilant, for nothing one achieves lasts forever.

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There is a gulf between the Arab peoples and Arab intellectuals.

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My sensibility steers me toward writers who are out on their own.

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Religion has to stay in the heart, not in politics. It is private.

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Poetry is a form of mathematics, a highly rigorous relationship with words.

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