"As the tension eases, we must look in the direction of agriculture, industry and education as our final goals, and toward democracy under Mr Mubarak."
― Naguib Mahfouz
Topic(s):
Poetry
More From Naguib Mahfouz
- "If we reject science, we reject the common man."
- "History is full of people who went to prison or were burned at the stake for proclaiming their ideas. Society has always defended itself."
- "We are like a woman with a difficult pregnancy. We have to rebuild the social classes in Egypt, and we must change the way things were."
More In Poetry
- "Poetry has done enough when it charms, but prose must also convince."― H. L. Mencken
- "I have piles of poetry books in the bathroom, on the stairs, everywhere. The only way to write poetry is to read it."― Carol Ann Duffy
- "But I am not political in the current events sense, and I have never wanted anyone to read my poetry that way."― Diane Wakoski