"There are no heroes in most of my stories. I look at our society with a critical eye and find nothing extraordinary in the people I see."
― Naguib Mahfouz
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History
More From Naguib Mahfouz
- "I wake up early in the morning and walk for an hour. If I have something to write, I prefer to write in the morning until midday, and in the afternoon, I eat."
- "I believe society has a right to defend itself, just as the individual has the right to attack that with which he disagrees."
- "If we reject science, we reject the common man."
More In History
- "Could I have but a line a century hence crediting a contribution to the advance of peace, I would yield every honor which has been accorded by war."― Douglas MacArthur
- "Destiny is something not be to desired and not to be avoided. a mystery not contrary to reason, for it implies that the world, and the course of human history, have meaning."― Dag Hammarskjold
- "Field of Dreams is probably our generation’s It’s A Wonderful Life."― Kevin Costner