Zitat des Tages von Mahmoud Darwish:
I never wanted children; maybe I'm afraid of responsibility.
Nothing, nothing justifies terrorism.
Poetry and beauty are always making peace. When you read something beautiful you find coexistence; it breaks walls down.
When I passed the age of 50, I learned how to control my emotions.
I am not a lover of Israel, of course. I have no reason to be. But I don't hate Jews.
Some people ask, 'How do you attract the young and so many different people when your poetry is complicated and different?' I say, 'My accomplishment is that my readers trust me and accept my suggestions for change.'
I don't decide to represent anything except myself. But that self is full of collective memory.
I've built my homeland, I've even founded my state - in my language.
