Nagíb Mahfúz híres idézetei
„A félelem nem akadályozza meg a halált. De lehetetlenné teszi az életet.”
Neki tulajdonított idézetek
„Az iszlám szerint, akit eretnekséggel vádolnak választhat a bűnbánat és a büntetés között.”
Forrás: Naguib Mahfouz in: Gary Dexter (2010) Poisoned Pens: Literary Invective Form Amis to Zola. p. 226
Nagíb Mahfúz: Idézetek angolul
Cited in: Michael J. Gelb (1996) Thinking for a change: discovering the power to create, communicate and lead. p. 96
Naguib Mahfouz in: Gary Dexter (2010) Poisoned Pens: Literary Invective Form Amis to Zola. p. 226
Mahfouz (1957) Palace of Desire Part II; Cited in Matt Schudel " Leading Arab Novelist Gave Streets a Voice http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/30/AR2006083000475.html" in: Washington Post, August 31, 2006
“Nothing records the effects of a sad life so graphically as the human body.”
Forrás: Palace of Desire
“God did not intend religion to be an exercise club.”
Attributed to Naguib Mahfouz in: Thorntize (2009) The Handbook of Wisdom and Delight. p. 121
Matt Schudel " Leading Arab Novelist Gave Streets a Voice http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/30/AR2006083000475.html" in: Washington Post, August 31, 2006
