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Mahmoud Darwish Quotes: "I am from there. I am from here. I am not there and I am not here. I have two names, which meet and part, and I have two languages. I forget which of them I dream in."

I am from there. I am from here. I am not there and I am not here. I have two names, which meet and part, and I have two languages. I forget which of them I dream in.



Mahmoud Darwish Quotes: "Nothing is harder on the soul, than the smell of dreams, while they're evaporating."

Nothing is harder on the soul, than the smell of dreams, while they're evaporating.




Mahmoud Darwish Quotes: "If the Olive Trees knew the hands that planted them, Their Oil would become Tears."

If the Olive Trees knew the hands that planted them, Their Oil would become Tears.



Mahmoud Darwish Quotes: "A person can only be born in one place. However, he may die several times elsewhere: in the exiles and prisons, and in a homeland transformed by the occupation and oppression into a nightmare."

A person can only be born in one place. However, he may die several times elsewhere: in the exiles and prisons, and in a homeland transformed by the occupation and oppression into a nightmare.




Mahmoud Darwish Quotes: "And I tell myself, a moon will rise from my darkness."

And I tell myself, a moon will rise from my darkness.



Mahmoud Darwish Quotes: "We are captives of what we love, what we desire, and what we are."

We are captives of what we love, what we desire, and what we are.



Mahmoud Darwish Quotes: "We suffer from an incurable malady: Hope."

We suffer from an incurable malady: Hope.




Mahmoud Darwish Quotes: "If you live, live free or die like the trees, standing up."

If you live, live free or die like the trees, standing up.



Mahmoud Darwish Quotes: "Standing here, staying here, permanent here, eternal here, and we have one goal, one, one: to be."

Standing here, staying here, permanent here, eternal here, and we have one goal, one, one: to be.



Mahmoud Darwish Quotes: "Every beautiful poem is an act of resistance."

Every beautiful poem is an act of resistance.



Mahmoud Darwish Quotes: "On this earth there is that which deserves life."

On this earth there is that which deserves life.



Mahmoud Darwish Quotes: "The days have taught you not to trust happiness because it hurts when it deceives."

The days have taught you not to trust happiness because it hurts when it deceives.




Mahmoud Darwish Quotes: "I have learned and dismantled all the words in order to draw from them a single word: Home."

I have learned and dismantled all the words in order to draw from them a single word: Home.



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

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



Mahmoud Darwish Quotes: "My homeland is not a suitcase, and I am no traveller"

My homeland is not a suitcase, and I am no traveller



Mahmoud Darwish Quotes: "We are captives, even if our wheat grows over the fences/ and swallows rise from our broken chains./ We are captives of what we love, what we desire, and what we are."

We are captives, even if our wheat grows over the fences/ and swallows rise from our broken chains./ We are captives of what we love, what we desire, and what we are.



Mahmoud Darwish Quotes: "She does not love you. Your metaphors thrill her you are her poet. But that's all there's to it."

She does not love you. Your metaphors thrill her you are her poet. But that's all there's to it.



Mahmoud Darwish Quotes: "Palestinian people are in love with life."

Palestinian people are in love with life.



Mahmoud Darwish Quotes: "Life defined only as the opposite of death is not life."

Life defined only as the opposite of death is not life.



Mahmoud Darwish Quotes: "Without hope we are lost."

Without hope we are lost.



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

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



Mahmoud Darwish Quotes: "Far away, our dreams have nothing to do with what we do. The wind carries the night, and passes on, aimless."

Far away, our dreams have nothing to do with what we do. The wind carries the night, and passes on, aimless.



Mahmoud Darwish Quotes: "I don't decide to represent anything except myself. But that self is full of collective memory."

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



Mahmoud Darwish Quotes: "Have I had two roads, I would have chosen their third."

Have I had two roads, I would have chosen their third.



Mahmoud Darwish Quotes: "My love, I fear the silence of your hands."

My love, I fear the silence of your hands.



Mahmoud Darwish Quotes: "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."

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.



Mahmoud Darwish Quotes: "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 Quotes: "One day, I will be a poet. Water will depend on my visions."

One day, I will be a poet. Water will depend on my visions.



Mahmoud Darwish Quotes: "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 Quotes: "History laughs at both the victim and the aggressor."

History laughs at both the victim and the aggressor.



Mahmoud Darwish Quotes: "I love women whose hidden desires make horses put an end to their lives at the threshold"

I love women whose hidden desires make horses put an end to their lives at the threshold



Mahmoud Darwish Quotes: "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 Quotes: "Where can I free myself of the homeland in my body?"

Where can I free myself of the homeland in my body?



Mahmoud Darwish Quotes: "I see poetry as spiritual medicine."

I see poetry as spiritual medicine.



Mahmoud Darwish Quotes: "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 Quotes: "Nothing, nothing justifies terrorism."

Nothing, nothing justifies terrorism.



Mahmoud Darwish Quotes: "I've built my homeland, I've even founded my state - in my language."

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



Mahmoud Darwish Quotes: "The stars had only one task: they taught me how to read. They taught me I had a language in heaven and another language on earth."

The stars had only one task: they taught me how to read. They taught me I had a language in heaven and another language on earth.



Mahmoud Darwish Quotes: "And what I don't understand I grasp it only when it's too late."

And what I don't understand I grasp it only when it's too late.



Mahmoud Darwish Quotes: "The metaphor for Palestine is stronger than the Palestine of reality."

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



Mahmoud Darwish Quotes: "I want to find a language that transforms language itself into steel for the spirit--a language to use against these sparkling insects, these jets."

I want to find a language that transforms language itself into steel for the spirit--a language to use against these sparkling insects, these jets.



Mahmoud Darwish Quotes: "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 Quotes: "I learnt all the words worthy of the court of blood So that I could break the rule I learnt all the words and broke them up To make a single word: Homeland."

I learnt all the words worthy of the court of blood So that I could break the rule I learnt all the words and broke them up To make a single word: Homeland.



Mahmoud Darwish Quotes: "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 Quotes: "I am not a lover of Israel, of course. I have no reason to be. But I don't hate Jews."

I am not a lover of Israel, of course. I have no reason to be. But I don't hate Jews.



Mahmoud Darwish Quotes: "The poem is in my hands, and can run stories through her hands."

The poem is in my hands, and can run stories through her hands.



Mahmoud Darwish Quotes: "I wish I were a candle in the darkness."

I wish I were a candle in the darkness.



Mahmoud Darwish Quotes: "May poetry and God's name have mercy on us!"

May poetry and God's name have mercy on us!



Mahmoud Darwish Quotes: "I never wanted children, maybe I'm afraid of responsibility."

I never wanted children, maybe I'm afraid of responsibility.