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Posterity has never made the grave's embrace less cruel. It simply assuages our fear of death, because there is no better cure for out inevitable morality then the illusion of a beautiful eternity. But there is one illusion I still hold dear: that is the thought of an enlightened nation. That is the only future I still dream of.

Yasmina Khadra

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Yasmina Khadra
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: January 10
Author
Military Personnel
Writer
Kenadsa
Mohammed Moulessehoul
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Nations
Illusion
Posterity
Still
Future
Embrace
Cruel
Less
Dear
Cure
Better
Fear
Eternity
Grave
Made
Death
Morality
Cures
Never
Beautiful
Nation
Enlightened
Dream
Hold
Graves
Thought
Simply
Inevitable

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