Amin Maalouf munyori wechiFrench akaberekerwa kuLebanon akagara muFrance kubvira 1976. Kunyange zvazvo mutauro wake waakaberekerwa uri chiArabic, anonyora nechiFrench, uye mabhuku ake akashandurirwa mumitauro inopfuura makumi mana. Pamabhuku ake akati wandei ekunyepedzera, The Crusades through Arab Eyes pamwe ndiwo anozivikanwa zvakanyanya. Akagamuchira Prix Goncourt muna 40 yebhuku rake Dombo reTanios, pamwe ne1993 Muchinda weAsturias Mubairo weLiterature. Muna 2010, akapiwa National Order of Merit nehurumende yeFrance. Iye inhengo yeAcademie française.
Mamwe eakanakisa makotesheni kubva kuna Amin Maalouf akanyorwa pazasi.
- "Nharaunda inotanga kuparara kana yabvuma kusiya nhengo dzayo dzisina simba." – Amin Maalouf
- “Upenyu hwandakapedza ndichinyora hwakandidzidzisa kungwarira mashoko. Idzo dzinoratidzika kuva dzakajeka zvikuru dzinowanzova dzinonyengera zvikurusa.” – Amin Maalouf
- "Mafaro ese anofanira kubhadharwa, usazvidza avo vanotaura mutengo wavo." – Amin Maalouf
- “Munoziva here kuti upenyu hwomunhu hunotanga nokuberekwa kwake?” – Amin Maalouf
- "Pazera rangu, naivete chete ndiye anogona kundinyadzisa dzimwe nguva." – Amin Maalouf
- “Nokungorarama panguva ino chete, tinozvibvumira kuti tivharwe negungwa rorufu. Ukuwo, nokumutsidzira zvakapfuura, tinokudza nzvimbo yedu yokugara.” – Amin Maalouf
- "Ichirovera nzira kwatiri, kushata kwenyika kwakabvarura nzvimbo yedu yekuvanda." – Amin Maalouf
- "Dzidziso dzinoitirwa kushandira munhu, kwete neimwe nzira." – Amin Maalouf
- “Usatya kudaro! Pawaiva mudiki, handiti wakataura chokwadi chakavanzika chevakuru? Zvakanaka, wanga wakarurama ipapo. Unofanira kuwanazve nguva yokusava nemhosva mauri zvakare, nokuti yakanga iriwo nguva yokushinga.” – Amin Maalouf
- "Munhu wese inzvimbo yekusangana yekuvimbika kwakasiyana, uye dzimwe nguva kuvimbika uku kunopokana uye kutarisana nemunhu anozvichengeta nesarudzo dzakaoma." – Amin Maalouf
- “Nekuti kazhinji ndiyo nzira yatinotarisa nayo vamwe vanhu inovaisa mujeri mukati mekuvimbika kwavo. Uye ndiyo nzira yatinovatarisa nayo inogona kuvasunungura.” – Amin Maalouf
- “Ndiri mwana wemugwagwa, nyika yangu ikaravhani uye hupenyu hwangu ndihwo nzendo dzandisingatarisiri. Ini ndiri wepasi uye wamwari uye kwavari ndiko kwandichakurumidza kudzoka. – Amin Maalouf
- “Ini handibvi kunyika kusina guta kana rudzi. Ini ndiri mwanakomana wenzira… ndimi dzese neminamato yese ndeyangu. Asi ini handisi wemumwe wavo.” – Amin Maalouf
- “Ndagara ndichifunga kuti Denga ndiro rakagadzira matambudziko ese, uye Gehena ndiro mhinduro.” – Amin Maalouf
- “Ndinoremekedza zvikuru vanhu vanozvibata nenzira yorupo nemhaka yechitendero. Asi ndinobva kunyika uko kushandiswa zvisina kufanira kworudzidziso kwakava nemiuyo ine ngwavaira. Munhu haafaniri kutonga vanhu nokutenda kwavanoparidza, asi nezvavanoita.” – Amin Maalouf
- "Ndinotarisa nyika nehupenyu hwangu senge ndiri mutorwa. Hapana chandinoshuva, kunze kwekuti pamwe nguva iyoyo yakamira. " – Amin Maalouf
- "Ini handichatendi mumhinduro dzakareruka kupfuura zvandinoita mukuzivikanwa kwakapusa. Nyika muchina wakaoma usingagoni kubviswa nescrewdriver. Asi izvozvo hazvifaniri kutitadzisa kuona, kuedza kunzwisisa, kukurukura, uye dzimwe nguva kupa mazano okufungisisa.” – Amin Maalouf
- “Muminamato yangu ndinoda kuti: Ishe, regai kuva kure neni, uye zvakare musaswedera pedyo. Rega nditarise nyeredzi pakurukwa kwemucheka wako, asi usandifumura chiso chako; Nditenderei kuti ndinzwe nzizi dzamunotumira dzichimhanya, asi Ishe! Ishe! musanditendera kunzwa inzwi renyu. – Amin Maalouf
- “Pane musiyano here pakati pekuva nyamukuta wechokwadi, kana nyamukuta wengano?” – Amin Maalouf
- “Hausi hunhu hwezera ratiri kurarama mariri here kuti rakaita kuti munhu ari wose munzira yakati mutama uye mutezo weboka duku?” – Amin Maalouf
- "Zviri nani kumuka pakati pemarwadzo echishuvo pane pakati pekuzvidemba." – Amin Maalouf
- "Hazviwanzoiti muhupenyu zvaunogona kuita zvisina kunaka nekuda kwechikonzero." – Amin Maalouf
- “Ndihwo hukama hwandinahwo nenyika: kugara ndichiedza kunzvenga chokwadi. Ndiri munhu anorota masikati; Handinzwi mukuwirirana nenhambo yangu kana kuti nzanga dzandinogara.” – Amin Maalouf
- “Misodzi yako ngaibude manheru ano, asi mangwana uchatanga hondo zvakare. Chinotikunda, nguva dzose, ingori kusuwa kwedu. – Amin Maalouf
- “Upenyu hwakafanana nemoto. Marimi emoto anokanganwa mupfuuri. Madota anoparadzirwa nemhepo. Murume akararama.” – Amin Maalouf
- "Hupenyu hahuna kureba zvekuti munhu anogona kuneta nazvo." – Amin Maalouf
- "Usambozeza kuenda kure, mhiri kwemakungwa ese, miganhu yese, nyika dzese, zvitendero zvese." – Amin Maalouf
- “Madzibaba edu vana vedu; tinodongorera nepaburi riri pamadziro tovaona vachitamba mumakamuri avo, uye havangationi.” – Amin Maalouf
- “Madzitateguru edu aiwana zvishoma kubva muupenyu pane zvatinoita, asi vaitarisirawo zvishoma uye vakanga vasingadi kutonga ramangwana. Tiri vezvizvarwa vanozvikudza vanotenda kuti mufaro usingaperi wakavimbiswa kwatiri pakuzvarwa. Akavimbiswa? Nani?” – Amin Maalouf
- “Vanhu nguva dzose vanokwanisa ‘kuratidza’ zvavanoda kutenda; vangadai vakabudirira kana vakaedza kuratidza zvakapesana.” – Amin Maalouf
- “Zvichida kunyora kunongomutsa havi kuti zvidzikise, sezvo vanorova vanobudisa mutambo kuti vaonekwe kune miseve yemuvhimi. – Amin Maalouf
- "Saka ndave mudzingwa ndisina kumbosiya nyika yangu." – Amin Maalouf
- “Mamwe maoko evakadzi inzvimbo dzekutapwa; vamwe inyika yechizvarwa. – Amin Maalouf
- "Chokwadi chekuva muKristu panguva imwe chete uye kuva nerurimi rwaamai vangu chiArabic, mutauro mutsvene wechiIslam, ndechimwe chezvinhu zvinokatyamadza zvakaumba chimiro changu." – Amin Maalouf
- “Kuzivikanwa hakugoni kuparadzaniswa; haigoni kupatsanurwa muzvidimbu kana zvitatu, kana kuva nemiganhu yakanyatsotsanangurwa. Ini handina akati wandei, ndine imwe chete, yakagadzirwa nezvinhu zvese zvakaumba huwandu hwayo hwakasiyana. " – Amin Maalouf
- “Zvekare zvinosungirwa kuva zvidimbu zvidimbu, zvinosungirwa kuvakwazve, zvinosungirwa kuvandudzwa. Inoshanda chete kuunganidza chokwadi chemazuva ano. Kana iyezvino wedu ari mwana wekare, yedu yakapfuura mwana wezvino. Uye ramangwana richava mucheki wevana vedu vasina kutendeka.” – Amin Maalouf
- "Kutsvaga kwekwakabva inzira yekununura nharaunda kubva murufu nekukanganisika, kudzoreredza kunofanirwa kuve nemoyo murefu, kuzvipira, kusaregera uye kutendeka." – Amin Maalouf
- “Chokwadi hachiwanzovigwa; kunongova kuvandira kuseri kwechifukidziro chokuzvininipisa, kurwadziwa, kana kuti kusava nehanya; chimwe chinodiwa chinodiwa chishuwo chine simba chekusimudza machira. " – Amin Maalouf
- “Kunaka kunova kusina kunaka kana kusina kupfaviswa nezvimwe zvakaipa, uye kutenda kunokurumidza kuva noutsinye kana kukasakurirwa nokusava nechokwadi kwakati.” – Amin Maalouf
- "Isu hatisi vashanyi chete pasi pano, ndeyedu sezvatakaita kwaari, zvakapfuura ndezvedu, ndizvo zvakaita ramangwana rayo." – Amin Maalouf
- "Isu tinofa, sezvatakazvarwa, pamucheto wemugwagwa usiri wekusarudza kwedu." – Amin Maalouf
- “Chinoita kuti ndive ini pane mumwe munhu ichokwadi chaicho chokuti ndakagadzikana pakati penyika mbiri, mitauro miviri kana mitatu, uye tsika dzakawanda. Izvi ndizvo chaizvo zvinotsanangura chitupa changu. Ndingavepo zvechokwadi here kana ndikacheka chikamu changu." – Amin Maalouf
- "Inguva dzinoshamisa sei dzatiri kurarama madziri, apo zvakanaka zvinofanirwa kuzvivanza mumamvemve ezvakaipa!" – Amin Maalouf
- “Igore ripi kana tichienzanisa nekusingaperi? chii zuva? awa? chechipiri? Matanho akadaro ane zvaanoreva chete kumwoyo uchiri kurova.” – Amin Maalouf
- “Kana munhu akapfuma, ingava ndarama kana nezivo, anofanira kubata urombo hwevamwe nehanya.” – Amin Maalouf
- “Kana munhu atarisana nemamiriro ezvinhu akaoma uye akavhiringika, munhu anogara achifunga kuti zvichatora mazana emakore kuti agadzirise. Pakarepo munhu anooneka uye sokunge kuti nemashiripiti, muti wataifunga kuti waparara unotanga upenyu hutsva uye unotanga kubereka mashizha nemichero uye kupa mumvuri.” – Amin Maalouf
- “Haungati nhoroondo inotidzidzisa ichi kana icho; zvinotipa mibvunzo yakawanda kupfuura mhinduro, uye mhinduro zhinji kumubvunzo uri wose.” – Amin Maalouf
- "Unogona kuverenga gumi nemaviri makuru enhoroondo yeIslam kubva pakutanga kwayo uye hausati wanzwisisa zviri kuitika muAlgeria. Asi verenga mapeji makumi matatu pamusoro pekolonialism uye decolonization uye ipapo unonzwisisa zvakanyanya. " – Amin Maalouf