"Home is not where you were born; home is where all your attempts to escape cease."
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Naguib Mahfouz
Novelist
Naguib Mahfouz was an Egyptian novelist and Nobel laureate, renowned for his profound exploration of life and freedom in works like 'The Cairo Trilogy.'
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"You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions."
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"It's a most distressing affliction to have a sentimental heart and a skeptical mind."
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"As for life's tragedies, our love will defeat them. Love is the most effective cure. In the crevices of disasters, happiness lies like a diamond in a mind, so let us instill in ourselves the wisdom of love."
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"I found myself in a sea in which the waves of joy and sorrow were clashing against each other."
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"Madness is the acme of intelligence."