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Chinghiz Aitmatov Quotes

1928–2008

Chinghiz Torekulovich Aitmatov (12 December 1928 – 10 June 2008) was a Kyrgyz author who wrote mainly in Russian, but also in Kyrgyz. He is one of the best-known figures in Kyrgyz literature.

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How could someone like Osman know what’s in a person’s soul? Nobody knows. Maybe no man in the world knows what’s in a woman’s soul.

Jamilia (1958)

The childish egotism I had not yet outgrown flared up inside me in terrific jealousy. Children, after all, always resent their loved ones associating with outsiders.

Jamilia (1958)

It seemed that when Jamilia left, my mother’s former strength left with her. She became stooped and haggard. Now I realize she could not accept someone breaking with tradition. If a storm uproots a mighty tree, the tree will never grow again.

Jamilia (1958)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Chinghiz Aitmatov (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.