“When a writer declares that his first book is his best, that is bad. I progress successively from book to book.” Quote by 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.” HumansGrowingWallArmyGrassAttachmentMarchBladesFragilityBlades Of GrassBarbarityGrass Growing Author:Mahmoud Darwish
“Sometimes I feel as if I am read before I write. When I write a poem about my mother, Palestinians think my mother is a symbol for Palestine. But I write as a poet, and my mother is my mother. She's not a symbol.” IfsThinkingFeelsWritingSometimesMotherPoetSymbolsPalestinianPalestine Author:Mahmoud Darwish
“The Palestinians are the only nation in the world that feels with certainty that today is better than what the days ahead will hold. Tomorrow always heralds a worse situation.” WorldFeelsTodayNationsSituationTomorrowCertaintyPalestinian Author:Mahmoud Darwish
“Japanese people tend to be much better adjusted to the notion of work, any kind of work, as honorable.” PeopleKindWorkNotionHonorable Author:Akio Morita
“I never liked the name Eldred. Since nobody knew me in New York, I just changed to my middle name.” NamesMiddleNew YorkChanged Author:Gregory Peck
“A vice is merely a pleasure to which somebody has objected.” PleasureVirtueVicesVice And Virtue Author:Robin Skelton
“I have no history but the length of my bones.” HistoryBonesLength Book:The hunting dark Source: The hunting dark