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Rawi Hage Quotes

Never underestimate a clown with a book.

Never underestimate a clown with a book.

Rawi Hage
Book, Underestimate, Clown
Rawi Hage (2013). “Carnival: A Novel”, p.141, W. W. Norton & Company

In cities it is useless to look at the stars or to describe them, worship them, or seek direction from them. When lost, one should follow the tracks of the camels.

Rawi Hage
Stars, Lost Ones, Cities
Rawi Hage (2013). “Carnival: A Novel”, p.131, W. W. Norton & Company

Books were always important. I have to thank my father, he filled my life with books. He didn't write but he always read. He was a merchant, he filled the store with cigarette smoke and his friends, all talking about books and politics. It was bad for business. He dealt in women's clothing.

Rawi Hage
Father, Book, Writing

I don't judge those who can't dream, those who need to pierce their arms to create different worlds under their skin, because I am fortunate in the tools of my escapes

Rawi Hage
Dream, Judging, Skins
Rawi Hage (2013). “Carnival: A Novel”, p.23, W. W. Norton & Company

There is nothing like the cure of fresh air for cases of bladder infection, paranoia, and Cartesian thinking.

Rawi Hage
Thinking, Air, Paranoia
Rawi Hage (2013). “Carnival”, p.37, Penguin UK

I say, doctors are the profiteers of death and unclaimed cadavers that were once inhabited by homeless and wondering poets!

Rawi Hage
Doctors, Cadavers, Wonder
Rawi Hage (2013). “Carnival: A Novel”, p.6, W. W. Norton & Company

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