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Islam calls that 'the roots of heaven' and to the Mexican Indians it is the 'tree of life' — the thing that makes both of them fall on their knees an… - Romain Gary
" "Islam calls that 'the roots of heaven' and to the Mexican Indians it is the 'tree of life' — the thing that makes both of them fall on their knees and raise their eyes and beat their tormented breasts. [...] Our needs — for justice, for freedom and dignity — are roots of heaven that are deeply embedded in our hearts, but of heaven itself men know nothing but the gripping roots...
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About Romain Gary
Romain Gary, born Romain Kacew (8 May 1914 - 2 December 1980) was a Jewish-French novelist, film director, WWII pilot and diplomat. He wrote under many pseudonyms including Shatan Bogat, Rene Deville and Fosco Sinibaldi. He is the only author to have won the Prix Goncourt twice, once under his own name and again under the pseudonym Émile Ajar.
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Émile Ajar
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Emile Ajar
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Fosco Sinibaldi
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Shatan Bogat
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René Deville
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Roman Kacew
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Never say die. You have to be mad, it’s true, to keep going and hope, but the first reptile who dragged his belly out of the water a million years ago to live on land without lungs and tried to breathe all the same — he too was mad. In the end the reptile became a man. We must always try to do the best we can — perhaps one day well become human, who knows.
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