Author: Mahmoud Darwish

Quotes

When a writer declares that his first book is his best, that is bad. I progress successively from book to book.

When a writer declares that his first book is his best, that is bad. I progress successively from book to book.

- Mahmoud Darwish

The Arabs are ready to accept a strong Israel with nuclear arms - all it has to do is open the gates of its fortress and make peace.

The Arabs are ready to accept a strong Israel with nuclear arms - all it has to do is open the gates of its fortress and make peace.

- Mahmoud Darwish

The importance of poetry is not measured, finally, by what the poet says but by how he says it.

The importance of poetry is not measured, finally, by what the poet says but by how he says it.

- Mahmoud Darwish

Against barbarity, poetry can resist only by confirming its attachment to human fragility like a blade of grass growing on a wall while armies march by.

Against barbarity, poetry can resist only by confirming its attachment to human fragility like a blade of grass growing on a wall while armies march by.

- Mahmoud Darwish

I believe in the power of poetry, which gives me reasons to look ahead and identify a glint of light.

I believe in the power of poetry, which gives me reasons to look ahead and identify a glint of light.

- Mahmoud Darwish

Sarcasm helps me overcome the harshness of the reality we live, eases the pain of scars and makes people smile.

Sarcasm helps me overcome the harshness of the reality we live, eases the pain of scars and makes people smile.

- Mahmoud Darwish

Without hope we are lost.

Without hope we are lost.

- Mahmoud Darwish

To be under occupation, to be under siege, is not a good inspiration for poetry.

To be under occupation, to be under siege, is not a good inspiration for poetry.

- Mahmoud Darwish

When I passed the age of 50, I learned how to control my emotions.

When I passed the age of 50, I learned how to control my emotions.

- Mahmoud Darwish

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