Salvation Army Quotes

“Lose myself entirely, the better to find myself. To summon, one gray and very cold morning, an army for my own salvation”
― Abdellah Taïa, Salvation Army

“His name was Mohamed. And, like so many others, he dreamt about leaving Morocco some day, for France, Spain, Germany, it didn’t matter where, but his wildest dream was about going to the United States. He knew what he had to do, had even come up with a plan, a simple one, simple but effective: seduce a Western woman, offer himself to her, show her what a Moroccan man was capable of, in other words, fuck her like an animal, make her see stars in broad daylight, screw her nonstop, drive her wild, make her worthy of him, deserving of his cock.”
― Abdellah Taïa, Salvation Army

“I would always surrender myself, even among infidels. I don’t exist for myself anymore. I exist for him, belong to him. My life is not my own.”
― Abdellah Taïa, Salvation Army

“True love, the kind that lasts and survives for years, is always full of passion and craziness.”
― Abdellah Taïa, Salvation Army

“Today, looking back, I tell myself that anything is possible.”
― Abdellah Taïa, Salvation Army

“Sex, regardless of who we have it with, should never scare us.”
― Abdellah Taïa, Salvation Army

“From drama to tragedy is a short step.”
― Abdellah Taïa, Salvation Army

“He led me, in total silence, to this place I hadn’t discovered before, a place not far from la Placette: the public toilets. Once inside, I realized this place was all about something the rest of Geneva didn’t have: intense poetic sexuality.
A dozen men of all ages were lined up in front of the urinals and were lovingly looking at cock.”
― Abdellah Taïa, Salvation Army

“Is the person in love the one with all the rights?
Maybe the answer is no. But love, once it reaches such a rare and lived-in state, deserves our prayers and our indulgence.”
― Abdellah Taïa, Salvation Army

“It doesn’t matter if you don’t understand everything. The important thing is that you keep moving, that you constantly keep reading a little bit more, a little bit more … And then one day, without even realising it, you’ll end up understanding everything.”
― Abdellah Taïa, Salvation Army