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Quote by Naguib Mahfouz
At my age it is unseemly to be pessimistic. - Naguib Mahfouz

At my age it is unseemly to be pessimistic. – Naguib Mahfouz

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There are no heroes in most of my stories. I look at our society with a critical eye and find nothing extraordinary in the people I see. – Naguib Mahfouz

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