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Nizar Qabbani Quotes: Light is more important than the lantern, The poem more important than the notebook
         

Light is more important than the lantern, The poem more important than the notebook


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The female doesn't want a rich man or a handsome man or even a poet, she wants a man who understands her eyes if she gets sad, and points to his chest and say : 'Here is your home country.'

The female doesn't want a rich man or a handsome man or even a poet, she wants a man who understands her eyes if she gets sad, and points to his chest and say : 'Here is your home country.'



If you want to kill somebody, conquer his heart, Then leave slowly and leave them between death and madness.

If you want to kill somebody, conquer his heart, Then leave slowly and leave them between death and madness.



A tragedy, when a mature mind and a romantic heart are in the same body.

A tragedy, when a mature mind and a romantic heart are in the same body.



My lover asks me: “What is the difference between me and the sky?” The difference, my love, Is that when you laugh, I forget about the sky

My lover asks me: “What is the difference between me and the sky?” The difference, my love, Is that when you laugh, I forget about the sky



The most dangerous heart disease: strong memory

The most dangerous heart disease: strong memory



And the writing is still : to you, with you, about you, because of you and for you.

And the writing is still : to you, with you, about you, because of you and for you.



Days will pass, and you’ll abandon things you were addicted to, and leave someone, and cancel a dream, and finally, accept a reality.

Days will pass, and you’ll abandon things you were addicted to, and leave someone, and cancel a dream, and finally, accept a reality.



Because my love for you is beyond words, I decided to shut up.

Because my love for you is beyond words, I decided to shut up.



Before you came the world was prose. Now poetry is born.

Before you came the world was prose. Now poetry is born.



There are some people that we didn't forget, but we don't smile any more when they're mentioned.

There are some people that we didn't forget, but we don't smile any more when they're mentioned.





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If words are to enter men's minds and bear fruit, they must be the right words shaped cunningly to pass men's defenses and explode silently and effectually within their minds.

If words are to enter men's minds and bear fruit, they must be the right words shaped cunningly to pass men's defenses and explode silently and effectually within their minds.



When the words have been said and the music has been played, feelingsare the only form of art which will remain to reign.

When the words have been said and the music has been played, feelingsare the only form of art which will remain to reign.



I kind of do this awkward body language because, growing up, I had a really hard time expressing myself vocally.

I kind of do this awkward body language because, growing up, I had a really hard time expressing myself vocally.



Even if I'm writing music, it's with a lyric in mind, to communicate some kind of feeling.

Even if I'm writing music, it's with a lyric in mind, to communicate some kind of feeling.



Out of the way! We are in the throes of an exceptional emergency! This is no occassion for sport- there is lace at stake!" (Ms. Pole)

Out of the way! We are in the throes of an exceptional emergency! This is no occassion for sport- there is lace at stake!" (Ms. Pole)



Faeries are equally loyal and deceitful.

Faeries are equally loyal and deceitful.



Stepmothers in books usually behave very spitefully towards the children entrusted to them. But he was now learning by his own experience that in real life this does not always happen.

Stepmothers in books usually behave very spitefully towards the children entrusted to them. But he was now learning by his own experience that in real life this does not always happen.



We are free to fight sin, and free to win; but we must still fight.

We are free to fight sin, and free to win; but we must still fight.



The object of Parliament is to substitute argument for fisticuffs.

The object of Parliament is to substitute argument for fisticuffs.




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