141 Quotes by Mahmoud Darwish

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

They want time to move fast so they can paint their nails a provocative red and wear high heels that crack walnuts and make people jump. He wants time to slow down so he can prolong the enjoyment of walking among them, of being next to this self-contained beauty.

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

A bit of mist and light suffice for life to overpower nothingness. A bit of hope and time suffice for you to cross the mountain trails of myth; you were spared the fate of your ancestors. So borrow the wisdom of the anemones and say: Nothingness does not concern me, even if death besieges me.

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

Fame is the enemy of instinct and spontaneity, the difference between what is said and what ought to be said, and the transformation of one person into two.

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

Are we what we do with time, or are we what time does with us?

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