Two thoughts close in text space, but distant in relationship:
from Miramar
Naguib Mahfouz"Cut out the communist propaganda, you hypocrite! The Americans should have taken control of the whole world when they had the secret of the atom bomb all to themselves. Their pussyfooting was a terrible mistake. "
******
"What about you? Sometimes I think you must find it hard to believe in anything."
"How can I deny God," he asked angrily, "when I am deep in His hell?"
