He warned me that trade would open the door to greed and gr… - Laila Lalami

" "
He warned me that trade would open the door to greed and greed was an inconsiderate guest; it would bring its evil relations with it. (p58)

Laila Lalami

Sources available for members. Sign up free to see where this quote comes from

English

Collect this quote

About Laila Lalami

Laila Lalami (born 1968) is a Moroccan-American novelist, essayist, and professor.

All quotes from Laila Lalami Similar Quotes by other Originators

Originators like Laila Lalami:

Louise Erdrich V. S. Naipaul Salman Rushdie Edwidge Danticat Nadine Gordimer

Additional quotes by Laila Lalami

I know now that these conquerors, like many others before them, and no doubt like others after, gave speeches not to voice the truth, but to create it. (p8)

books hold so many memories of the times and places in which I’ve read them.

All of my books have focused on characters that are displaced and having to start over in some place new, and how the new landscape shapes the person you are and the person you become. (2019)

He warned me that trade would open the door to greed and greed was an inconsiderate guest; it would bring its evil relations with it. (p58) - Laila Lalami

About Laila Lalami

Go Premium

Additional quotes by Laila Lalami

Advanced Search Filters