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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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Mahmoud Darwish
Age: 67 †
Born: 1941
Born: January 1
Died: 2008
Died: January 1
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Every beautiful poem is an act of resistance.
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I wish I were a candle in the darkness.
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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.
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And what I don't understand I grasp it only when it's too late.
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May poetry and God's name have mercy on us!
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I am patient and am waiting for a profound revolution in the consciousness of the Israelis. 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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