# The Harafish

- Author: [Naguib Mahfouz](https://www.leafyquotes.com/naguib-mahfouz.md)
- Quotes: 6
- Book page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/naguib-mahfouz/the-harafish

## Quotes

> Why do people laugh, dance in triumph, feel recklessly secure in positions of power? Why do they not remember the true place in the scheme of things and their inevitable end?

p. 272 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/naguib-mahfouz/the-harafish/why-do-people.md)

> The Harafish is a labyrinth where the paths of the lowly and the noble intertwine.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/naguib-mahfouz/the-harafish/the-harafish-is-a-labyrinth.md)

> The Harafish is a reflection of the eternal struggle between good and evil.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/naguib-mahfouz/the-harafish/the-harafish-is-a-reflection.md)

> In the Harafish, dreams are carried on the shoulders of ordinary people.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/naguib-mahfouz/the-harafish/in-the-harafish.md)

> He and Raifa each lived in hell, in a world of tedium.

p. 29 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/naguib-mahfouz/the-harafish/he-and-raifa.md)

> [....] was struck by the idea of a woman's weakness is her emotions, and that her relationships with men should be rational and calculated. Life is precious, with vast possibilities, limitless horizons. Love is nothing more than a blind beggar, creeping around the alleyways.

p. 236 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/naguib-mahfouz/the-harafish/was-struck-by-the.md)