Nuruddin Farah Quotes

• I have tried my best to keep my country alive by writing about it.

  Nuruddin Farah

  Country, Writing, Alive

  "Somali Author Reflects on Conflict in Native Country". Interview with Jeffrey Brown, www.pbs.org. February 27, 2007.

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• She wondered then if she had ever been on the right track. She had been reticent all her life, because it turned out that her opinions were different from what others expected. 'That proves either that I am an exceptional idiot, or the reverse.

  Nuruddin Farah

  Track, Different, Opinion

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• Good writing is like a bomb: it explodes in the face of the reader.

  Nuruddin Farah

  Writing, Bombs, Faces

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• To the Somali, the Amerikaan is weird, to the American GI, the Somali is an ingrate and a skinny.

  Nuruddin Farah

  Ingrates, Gis, Skinny

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• That in a civil war there is continuous fighting, based on grievences that are forever changing.

  Nuruddin Farah

  War, Fighting, Forever

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• Death in Somalia seldom bothers to announce its arrival. In fact, death calls with the arrogance of a guest confident on receiving a warm welcome at any time, no question asked.

  Nuruddin Farah

  Arrogance, Receiving, Guests

  Nuruddin Farah (2015). “Hiding in Plain Sight”, p.18, Oneworld Publications

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