"We come from the land, give our love and labor to her, and she nurtures us in return. When we die, we return to the land. In a way, she owns us. Palestine owns us and we belong to her"

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Source : Susan Abulhawa (2010). “Mornings in Jenin”, p.51, Bloomsbury Publishing

Susan Abulhawa

#Land Quotes #Giving Quotes #Our Love Quotes

“Marriage is not a priority for me. I'm not saying I'll never do it. It's just not where we are as a family . . . I'll be at home with my man, having a perfectly loving time, and I'll see all these comments on some site about how wrong I am for not being married. I don't feel less loved or less loving because I'm not married.”
“Education cannot be effective unless it helps a child to open up himself to life.”
“Grace will expose the deepest issues of your heart, then point you to the Cross which covers everything that's been exposed.”

Source : Twitter post from Feb 24, 2015
“It isn't right to judge strength as better than good wisdom.”
“Every week a tsunami rips through poor towns and villages all over the world ... That tsunami is hunger.”
“Carson is an old family name, though my grandma used to watch Johnny all the time and was crazy about him.”
“Deserves some consideration, and I think that should have been done right from the beginning.”
“I have a deep suspicion of social institutions and tradition in general.”

Source : Source: www.ericspitznagel.com

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