Dispute Over a Very Italian Piglet Quotes

“Everyone complains about their children. I wonder, and not just to be argumentative: if children are such a pain in the ass, why have them?”
― Amara Lakhous, Dispute Over a Very Italian Piglet

“Try to be more consistent with your religion and don’t be a pain in the ass.”
― Amara Lakhous, Dispute Over a Very Italian Piglet

“Every situation is unique, even if analogies exist.”
― Amara Lakhous;, Dispute Over a Very Italian Piglet

“Sam really likes to repeat this North African proverb: “You can’t cross a river without getting wet.” To achieve a goal or realize a dream you always have to pay a price. Life doesn’t give you anything.”
― Amara Lakhous, Dispute Over a Very Italian Piglet

“You can’t change the habits of a lifetime.”
― Amara Lakhous, Dispute Over a Very Italian Piglet

“My father always used to say that human beings have the same fate as trees: deprived of their roots, they die. And there is no stronger root than language.”
― Amara Lakhous, Dispute Over a Very Italian Piglet

“I’m very drawn to people who have complicated roots, like me.”
― Amara Lakhous, Dispute Over a Very Italian Piglet

“Working as a journalist, I’ve come to understand that the reality we confront has neither value nor weight. It’s the imaginary that governs our actions or, rather, reactions. We are increasingly insecure, frightened, vulnerable, unreasonable.”
― Amara Lakhous, Dispute Over a Very Italian Piglet