And I lost my keys, too

I'm presenting a paper in a few weeks on the fiction of Egyptian Nobel Prize Laureate (1988) Naguib Mahfouz, so I've been re-reading some of his fiction, perusing websites, and dusting off various editions of the Journal of Arabic Fiction. It has been about eight years or so since I last read any of his work, specifically, Children of Gebelaawi and Adrift on the Nile, so I guess I can be excused for having forgetten a few good lines here and there. One line of particular note, though, is in the latter.

"Last night I believed totally in eternal life -- but on my way to the office I forgot the reason why."

Ah yes, indeed.