Mahmoud Darwish Quotes

Palestinian - Poet | March 13, 1941 - August 9, 2008

Exile is more than a geographical concept. You can be an exile in your homeland, in your own house, in a room.

Mahmoud Darwish

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

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SmileLivePainPeopleMeReality

I've built my homeland, I've even founded my state - in my language.

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LanguageHomelandEvenStateBuilt

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

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Poetry and beauty are always making peace. When you read something beautiful you find coexistence; it breaks walls down.

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The metaphor for Palestine is stronger than the Palestine of reality.

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I don't decide to represent anything except myself. But that self is full of collective memory.

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MyselfMemorySelfDecideAnything

Some people ask, 'How do you attract the young and so many different people when your poetry is complicated and different?' I say, 'My accomplishment is that my readers trust me and accept my suggestions for change.'

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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.

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

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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.

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Without hope we are lost.

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