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Amos Oz Quotes: "Fundamentalist s live life with an exclamation point. I prefer to live my life with a question mark."

Fundamentalist s live life with an exclamation point. I prefer to live my life with a question mark.



Amos Oz Quotes: "Writing a poem is like having an affair, a one-night stand; a short story is a romance, a relationship; a novel is a marriage-one has to be cunning, devise compromises, and make sacrifices."

Writing a poem is like having an affair, a one-night stand; a short story is a romance, a relationship; a novel is a marriage-one has to be cunning, devise compromises, and make sacrifices.




Amos Oz Quotes: "Words create conceptions and self-conceptions and ultimately nations. They can start and stop wars. They can would and heal. Choosing words carefully is a moral responsibility."

Words create conceptions and self-conceptions and ultimately nations. They can start and stop wars. They can would and heal. Choosing words carefully is a moral responsibility.



Amos Oz Quotes: "A conflict begins and ends in the hearts and minds of people, not in the hilltops."

A conflict begins and ends in the hearts and minds of people, not in the hilltops.




Amos Oz Quotes: "All of my novels are democracies."

All of my novels are democracies.



Amos Oz Quotes: "The only way to keep a dream, any dream at all, to keep a dream perfect and rosy and intact and unsullied is never to live it out."

The only way to keep a dream, any dream at all, to keep a dream perfect and rosy and intact and unsullied is never to live it out.



Amos Oz Quotes: "The opposite of compromise is not integrity. The opposite of compromise is not idealism. The opposite of compromise is fanaticism and death."

The opposite of compromise is not integrity. The opposite of compromise is not idealism. The opposite of compromise is fanaticism and death.




Amos Oz Quotes: "I wrote The Same Sea not as a political allegory about Israelis and Palestinians. I wrote it about something much more gutsy and immediate. I wrote it as a piece of chamber music."

I wrote The Same Sea not as a political allegory about Israelis and Palestinians. I wrote it about something much more gutsy and immediate. I wrote it as a piece of chamber music.



Amos Oz Quotes: "Now, Israel is a fulfillment, and as a fulfillment, it is flawed. The fact that it is flawed is not so much a testimony about the failures of Israel. No, it is a testimony about the nature of dreams."

Now, Israel is a fulfillment, and as a fulfillment, it is flawed. The fact that it is flawed is not so much a testimony about the failures of Israel. No, it is a testimony about the nature of dreams.



Amos Oz Quotes: "One of the things I wanted to introduce in The Same Sea beyond transcending the conflict, is the fact that deep down below all our secrets are the same."

One of the things I wanted to introduce in The Same Sea beyond transcending the conflict, is the fact that deep down below all our secrets are the same.



Amos Oz Quotes: "I find the family the most mysterious and fascinating institution in the world."

I find the family the most mysterious and fascinating institution in the world.



Amos Oz Quotes: "If you steal from one book you are condemned as a plagiarist, but if you steal from ten books you are considered a scholar, and if you steal from thirty or forty books, a distinguished scholar."

If you steal from one book you are condemned as a plagiarist, but if you steal from ten books you are considered a scholar, and if you steal from thirty or forty books, a distinguished scholar.




Amos Oz Quotes: "In my vocabulary, the word "compromise" is synonymous to the word "life"."

In my vocabulary, the word "compromise" is synonymous to the word "life".



Amos Oz Quotes: "The [political] left are people with an imagination and the right are those without an imagination."

The [political] left are people with an imagination and the right are those without an imagination.



Amos Oz Quotes: "This bloody conflict has been going on for much too long. It is doing terrible things to Israelis, to Palestinians. One of the terrible things it is causing is indifference."

This bloody conflict has been going on for much too long. It is doing terrible things to Israelis, to Palestinians. One of the terrible things it is causing is indifference.



Amos Oz Quotes: "Literature may open a third eye in the middle of the reader's forehead."

Literature may open a third eye in the middle of the reader's forehead.



Amos Oz Quotes: "I wrote a novel about Israelis who live their own lives on the slope of a volcano. Near a volcano one still falls in love, one still gets jealous, one still wants a promotion, one still gossips."

I wrote a novel about Israelis who live their own lives on the slope of a volcano. Near a volcano one still falls in love, one still gets jealous, one still wants a promotion, one still gossips.



Amos Oz Quotes: "I have seen for the first time in 100 years of conflict, the two peoples - the Israeli people and the Palestinian people - are ahead of their leaderships."

I have seen for the first time in 100 years of conflict, the two peoples - the Israeli people and the Palestinian people - are ahead of their leaderships.



Amos Oz Quotes: "Well, my definition of a tragedy is a clash between right and right."

Well, my definition of a tragedy is a clash between right and right.



Amos Oz Quotes: "My dream for Israel is peace, external and internal peace. I want Israel to live in peace with its neighbors and in peace with itself."

My dream for Israel is peace, external and internal peace. I want Israel to live in peace with its neighbors and in peace with itself.



Amos Oz Quotes: "Every decent man had to be against fascism, period."

Every decent man had to be against fascism, period.



Amos Oz Quotes: "But for 30 years, Orthodox leaders have tipped the balance between hawks and doves, and have been in a position to determine who forms a coalition and who runs the country."

But for 30 years, Orthodox leaders have tipped the balance between hawks and doves, and have been in a position to determine who forms a coalition and who runs the country.



Amos Oz Quotes: "I recommend the art of slow reading."

I recommend the art of slow reading.



Amos Oz Quotes: "In many ways, I regard Sharon and Arafat as birds of a feather."

In many ways, I regard Sharon and Arafat as birds of a feather.



Amos Oz Quotes: "If you change your diet, someone will call you a traitor."

If you change your diet, someone will call you a traitor.



Amos Oz Quotes: "The gift of literature is that, in some lucky cases, reading a novel or a story makes the reader more curious, more open-minded."

The gift of literature is that, in some lucky cases, reading a novel or a story makes the reader more curious, more open-minded.



Amos Oz Quotes: "Different musical instruments provide for different music."

Different musical instruments provide for different music.



Amos Oz Quotes: "The actual gap between Labor, Likud and the new central party is microscopic."

The actual gap between Labor, Likud and the new central party is microscopic.



Amos Oz Quotes: "I was born and bred in a tiny, low-ceilinged ground-floor apartment."

I was born and bred in a tiny, low-ceilinged ground-floor apartment.



Amos Oz Quotes: "Over 70 years after Hitler, a German chancellor, a woman, is the leader of the free world. So don't talk to me about irrevocable."

Over 70 years after Hitler, a German chancellor, a woman, is the leader of the free world. So don't talk to me about irrevocable.



Amos Oz Quotes: "I'm a great believer in compromises. I do not believe in capitulation."

I'm a great believer in compromises. I do not believe in capitulation.



Amos Oz Quotes: "Dreams fulfilled are imperfect."

Dreams fulfilled are imperfect.



Amos Oz Quotes: "The Old Testament is full of poetry, prophecies, chronicles, documentations, storytelling, fairytales."

The Old Testament is full of poetry, prophecies, chronicles, documentations, storytelling, fairytales.



Amos Oz Quotes: "We have to carry through to the next day and hope that we will be okay tomorrow as we are today and in the meantime, enjoy life."

We have to carry through to the next day and hope that we will be okay tomorrow as we are today and in the meantime, enjoy life.



Amos Oz Quotes: "I am an old man and I have seen things get revoked. Things which looked very irrevocable."

I am an old man and I have seen things get revoked. Things which looked very irrevocable.



Amos Oz Quotes: "When people have peace, they hate it and long for excitement, and when they have excitement, they want peace."

When people have peace, they hate it and long for excitement, and when they have excitement, they want peace.



Amos Oz Quotes: "I write about reconciliation, but not as a miracle, as a slow, gradual process of mutual discovery - discovering one another."

I write about reconciliation, but not as a miracle, as a slow, gradual process of mutual discovery - discovering one another.



Amos Oz Quotes: "I write in words. And my words are Hebrew words."

I write in words. And my words are Hebrew words.



Amos Oz Quotes: "I know one or two things about fanaticism and death, and I reject them."

I know one or two things about fanaticism and death, and I reject them.



Amos Oz Quotes: "Almost without exception, my novels are rooted in Israel because that's the place I know well."

Almost without exception, my novels are rooted in Israel because that's the place I know well.



Amos Oz Quotes: "The place of my novels is Israel, almost without exception. All of them take place in Israel - in Jerusalem, in the desert, in the kibbutz, in small towns, in villages."

The place of my novels is Israel, almost without exception. All of them take place in Israel - in Jerusalem, in the desert, in the kibbutz, in small towns, in villages.



Amos Oz Quotes: "My dream is much more modest than the dreams of the founding fathers. My dream is for Israel to live in peace with its neighbors and at peace with itself. This will be sufficient for me."

My dream is much more modest than the dreams of the founding fathers. My dream is for Israel to live in peace with its neighbors and at peace with itself. This will be sufficient for me.



Amos Oz Quotes: "Almost every modern literary form existed in Hebrew two thousand years ago. And, yes, it existed even during the middle ages."

Almost every modern literary form existed in Hebrew two thousand years ago. And, yes, it existed even during the middle ages.



Amos Oz Quotes: "My dream for Israel is peace, external and internal peace."

My dream for Israel is peace, external and internal peace.



Amos Oz Quotes: "The whole Zionist project was based on a whole spectrum of different and even conflicting dreams and visions."

The whole Zionist project was based on a whole spectrum of different and even conflicting dreams and visions.



Amos Oz Quotes: "I write in words. I don't write in sounds or in shapes or in flavors."

I write in words. I don't write in sounds or in shapes or in flavors.



Amos Oz Quotes: "I'm not sure I'm happy with words such as "task" or "role" when they are attached to literature."

I'm not sure I'm happy with words such as "task" or "role" when they are attached to literature.



Amos Oz Quotes: "All you can see, if you look through the window - everything you see is a fulfillment of dreams, different dreams."

All you can see, if you look through the window - everything you see is a fulfillment of dreams, different dreams.



Amos Oz Quotes: ""The State of the Jews" was not a title of a country. It was a title of a futuristic novel."

"The State of the Jews" was not a title of a country. It was a title of a futuristic novel.