UAmin Maalouf ngumbhali ongumFrentshi owazalelwa eLebhanon nohlale eFransi ukusukela ngo-1976. Nangona ulwimi lwakhe lomthonyama isiArabhu, ubhala ngesiFrentshi, kwaye imisebenzi yakhe iguqulelwe kwiilwimi ezingaphezu kwama-40. Kwimisebenzi yakhe emininzi engeyonyani, IiMfazwe Zomnqamlezo nge-Arab Eyes mhlawumbi yeyona yaziwa kakhulu. Ufumene iPrix Goncourt ngo-1993 kwinoveli yakhe ethi The Rock of Tanios, kunye neMbasa yeNkosana ye-Asturias ka-2010 yoNcwadi. Ngo-2020, wawongwa ngembasa yeSizwe yeMbasa ngurhulumente waseFransi. Ulilungu le-Academie française.
Ezinye zeengcaphuno ezilungileyo ezivela ku-Amin Maalouf zidweliswe ngezantsi.
- "Uluntu luqala ukuwohloka xa luvuma ukushiya abona malungu abuthathaka." – Amin Maalouf
- “Ubomi endibuchithe ndibhala bundifundise ukuba ndiwalumkele amagama. Ezona zibonakala zicace ngokufuthi zezona zinobuqhophololo.” – Amin Maalouf
- "Zonke iziyolo kufuneka zihlawulwe, ungabadeleli abo bachaza ixabiso labo." – Amin Maalouf
- Ngaba uqinisekile ukuba ubomi bomntu buqala ekuzalweni kwakhe? – Amin Maalouf
- "Kwiminyaka yam, nguNaivete kuphela osakwazi ukundicaphukisa ngamanye amaxesha." – Amin Maalouf
- “Ngokuphilela eli xesha langoku kuphela, sizivumela ukuba sintywiliselwe lulwandle olufayo. Kwelinye icala, ngokuhlaziya ixesha elidlulileyo, siyayandisa indawo yethu yokuhlala.” – Amin Maalouf
- "Ijongela kuthi, ubungendawo behlabathi bayikrazule indawo yethu yokuzimela." – Amin Maalouf
- "Iimfundiso zenzelwe ukukhonza umntu, hayi enye indlela." – Amin Maalouf
- “Musa ukuba neentloni! Xa wawusengumntwana, ngaba wawungathethi inyani eyayifihlwa abadala? Ewe, ubunyanisile ngoko. Kufuneka uphinde ufumane ixesha lokuba msulwa kuwe, kuba ibilixesha lokukhalipha elo. – Amin Maalouf
- Wonke umntu uyindawo yokuhlangana yezithembiso ezininzi ezahlukeneyo, kwaye ngamanye amaxesha ezi ntembeko ziyangqubana kwaye zijongane nomntu obagcinayo ngokhetho olunzima. – Amin Maalouf
- “Kuba idla ngokuba yindlela esibajonga ngayo abanye abantu ebavalela ngaphakathi kweyona ntembeko yabo. Kwaye yindlela esibajonga ngayo enokubakhulula.” – Amin Maalouf
- “Ndingunyana wendlela, ilizwe lam yikharavani kwaye ubomi bam bobona hambo lungalindelekanga. Ndingowomhlaba nothixo kwaye kubo ndiza kubuya kungekudala. ” – Amin Maalouf
- “Andiveli kwilizwe elithile nakwisizwe. Ndingunyana wendlela... zonke iilwimi nayo yonke imithandazo yeyam. Kodwa andingowabo bonke.” – Amin Maalouf
- “Bendisoloko ndicinga ukuba iZulu liyila zonke iingxaki, kwaye isihogo sisisombululo.” – Amin Maalouf
- “Ndibahlonela ngokunzulu abantu abanesisa ngenxa yonqulo. Kodwa ndiphuma kwilizwe apho ukusetyenziswa kakubi konqulo kuye kwaba nemiphumo eyintlekele. Ubani ke makagwebe abantu, kungekhona ngokokholo aluvakalisayo, kodwa ngokwemisebenzi yabo.” – Amin Maalouf
- “Ndijonga ihlabathi nobomi bam ngokungathi ndingumntu wasemzini. Andinqweneli nto, ngaphandle kokuba mhlawumbi elo xesha lingayeka. – Amin Maalouf
- “Andisakholelwa kwizisombululo ezilula kunokuba ndikholelwa kwizazisi ezilula. Ihlabathi ngumatshini onzima ongenako ukuchithwa nge-screwdriver. Kodwa oko akufanele kusithintele ekubukeleni, ekuzameni ukuqonda, ekuxubusheni yaye maxa wambi sicebise ngombandela esiza kuwucingisisa.” – Amin Maalouf
- “Emthandazweni wam, ndifuna ukuthi: Nkosi, musa ukuba kude kum, kananjalo ungasondeli kakhulu. Makhe ndiqwalasele iinkwenkwezi ngendlela yengubo yakho, kodwa ungabutyhili ubuso bakho kum. Ndivumele ndive imilambo othumela kuyo, kodwa Nkosi! Nkosi! Ungandivumeli ndive ilizwi lakho. – Amin Maalouf
- “Ngaba kukho umahluko phakathi kokuba ngumdlezana wenyaniso, okanye umbelekisi weentsomi?” – Amin Maalouf
- “Ngaba asilophawu lwexesha esiphila kulo ukuba lwenza wonke umntu wafuduka waza waba lilungu leqaqobana?” – Amin Maalouf
- Kungcono ukuvuka phakathi kwentlungu yomnqweno kunokuba uphakathi kwezo mvakalelo zokuzisola. – Amin Maalouf
- Amaxesha amaninzi ebomini unokuziphatha kakubi ngenxa yesizathu. – Amin Maalouf
- “Lubudlelwane endinabo nehlabathi: ndihlala ndizama ukubalekela ubunyani. Ndingumntu ophupha emini; Andiziva ndingavisisani nexesha lam okanye ibutho labantu endihlala kulo.” – Amin Maalouf
- “Ziyeke ziqengqeleke iinyembezi ngokuhlwanje, kodwa ngomso uzakuphinda uqalise idabi. Into eyoyisayo, rhoqo, yintlungu yethu kuphela. " – Amin Maalouf
- “Ubomi bunjengomlilo. Amadangatye athi umntu odlula ngendlela alibale. Uthuthu olusasazwa ngumoya. Kwahlala indoda.” – Amin Maalouf
- Ubomi abubude kangangokuba umntu unokudinwa bubo. – Amin Maalouf
- Ungaze uthandabuze ukuya kude, ngaphaya kwazo zonke iilwandle, yonke imida, onke amazwe, zonke iinkolelo. – Amin Maalouf
- “Ookhokho bethu ngabantwana bethu; sikroba ngomngxuma oseludongeni size sibabukele bedlala kumagumbi abo, yaye abasiboni.” – Amin Maalouf
- “Ookhokho bethu bazuza kancinane ebomini kunathi, kodwa nabo babelindele okuncinane kakhulu yaye babengazimiselanga kangako ekulawuleni ikamva. Thina singabezizukulwana ezinekratshi abakholelwa ukuba ulonwabo oluhlala luhleli saluthenjiswa ekuzalweni kwethu. Uthembisile? Ngubani?” – Amin Maalouf
- “Abantu basoloko bekwazi ‘ukungqina’ into abafuna ukuyikholelwa; bebeya kuphumelela ukuba bebezama ukubonisa okwahlukileyo.” – Amin Maalouf
- “Mhlawumbi ukubhala kuphela kuvusa inkanuko ukuze kuthomalaliswe, njengoko ababethayo bekhupha umdlalo ukuze bawuveze kwiintolo zomzingeli.” – Amin Maalouf
- “Ngoko ndiye ndaba lubhaqo ngaphandle kokulishiya ilizwe lam.” – Amin Maalouf
- “Iingalo zabanye abafazi ziindawo zokuthinjwa; abanye ngamalizwe okuzalwa.” – Amin Maalouf
- "Inyaniso yokuba ngaxeshanye ndingumKristu kwaye ndibe nolwimi lwam lwesiArabhu, ulwimi olungcwele lwamaSilamsi, yenye yezinto eziphikisanayo eziye zabumba ubuni bam." – Amin Maalouf
- “Isazisi asinakwahlulwa; ayinakohlulwa ibe ziziqingatha okanye isithathu, kwaye ayinayo nayiphi na imida echazwe ngokucacileyo. Andinazo izazisi ezininzi, ndinenye kuphela, eyenziwe ngazo zonke izinto eziye zabumba ubungakanani bayo obukhethekileyo. " – Amin Maalouf
- “Ixesha elidlulileyo liza kuba ngamaqhekeza, libophelelekile ukuba lakhiwe ngokutsha, linyanzelekile ukuba liyilwe ngokutsha. Isebenza kuphela ukuqokelela iinyaniso zanamhlanje. Ukuba ixesha lethu ngumntwana wexesha elidlulileyo, ixesha lethu elidlulileyo ngumntwana wangoku. Yaye ikamva liya kuba ngumvuni wembewu yethu engcolileyo.” – Amin Maalouf
- "Ukusukela imvelaphi yindlela yokuhlangula umhlaba ekufeni nasekulibaleni, ukuphinda kuthathelwe ingqalelo into ekufuneka ibe nomonde, ukuzinikela, ukungakhathali kunye nokuthembeka." – Amin Maalouf
- “Inyaniso ayifane ingcwatywe; kukulalela emva kwezigqubuthelo zokuthozama, iintlungu, okanye ukungakhathali; eyona nto ifunekayo ngumnqweno oshushu wokuphakamisa izigqubuthelo. – Amin Maalouf
- “Isidima asibikho sempilweni ukuba asithanjiswa zezinye izenzo eziphosakeleyo, yaye ukholo ngokukhawuleza luba nenkohlakalo ukuba aloyiswa ngamathandabuzo athile.” – Amin Maalouf
- “Asizondwendwe nje kwesi sijikelezi-langa, sesethu njengokuba singabakhe, ixesha elidluleyo lelethu, likwanjalo nekamva laso.” – Amin Maalouf
- "Sifa, kanye njengoko sazalwa, emaphethelweni endlela esingayikhethanga." – Amin Maalouf
- “Eyona nto indenza ndibe ndim ngaphezu kwakhe nabani na yinto yokuba ndime phakathi kwamazwe amabini, iilwimi ezimbini okanye ezintathu, kunye nezithethe ezininzi. Yile nto kanye echaza ubuni bam. Ngaba ndingaphila ngokunyanisekileyo ngakumbi ukuba ndinqumle inxalenye yam.” – Amin Maalouf
- "Yeyiphi amaxesha angaqhelekanga esiphila kuwo, xa ukulunga kufuneka kuzifihle kumadlavu amdaka obubi!" – Amin Maalouf
- “Ngowuphi unyaka xa uthelekisa nephakade? yintoni usuku? iyure? umzuzwana? Loo manyathelo anentsingiselo kuphela kwintliziyo esabethayo.” – Amin Maalouf
- “Xa umntu esisityebi, enoba kukwigolide okanye kulwazi, umele acingele ubuhlwempu babanye.” – Amin Maalouf
- “Xa ejongene nesiphithiphithi nesiphithiphithi, ubani uhlala ecinga ukuba kuya kuthabatha iinkulungwane ukuyilungisa. Ngequbuliso kuthi gqi indoda ibe ngokungathi kungomlingo, lo mthi sasicinga ukuba uza kutshatyalaliswa uqalisa ukuthwala amagqabi neziqhamo uze unike umthunzi.” – Amin Maalouf
- “Awunakuthi imbali isifundisa oku okanye okuya; isinika imibuzo emininzi kuneempendulo, neempendulo ezininzi kuyo yonke imibuzo.” – Amin Maalouf
- “Unokufunda ishumi elinambini lamanqaku amakhulu kwimbali yeSilamsi kwasekuqaleni kwayo kwaye awukaqondi ukuba kuqhubeka ntoni eAlgeria. Kodwa funda amaphepha angama-30 ngobukholoniyali kunye nokudilizwa kwamakholoni emva koko uya kuqonda okuninzi.” – Amin Maalouf