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" I was reading a lot of books I admired, and thought that I would like to write something like that someday. "

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" The Nobel Prize has given me, for the first time in my life, the feeling that my literature could be appreciated on an international level. "

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" I reject any path which rejects life, but I can't help loving Sufism because it sounds so beautiful. It gives relief in the midst of battle. "

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