"I asked myself what Palestinians would do if Israel disappeared-if everything not only went back to the way it was before 1948 but if all the Jewish people abandoned the Holy Land and were scattered again. And for the first time, I knew the answer. We would still fight. Over nothing. Over a girl without a head scarf. Over who was toughest and most important. Over who would make the rules and who would get the best seat."

-- Mosab Hassan Yousef

#Girl Quotes #Fighting Quotes #Israel Quotes

“We used the Western style to express our own themes and stories. But don't forget that our heritage includes The Thousand and One Nights.”
“The research is the easiest. The outline is the most fun. The first draft is the hardest, because every word of the outline has to be fleshed out. The rewrite is very satisfying.”
“Build wisdom and confidence in others by forcing them to think and decide for themselves.”
“Some women get divorces on the grounds of incompatibility; others, on just the first two syllables.”
“Like the child, the creative writing student is posited as a centre of vulnerable creativity, needful of attention and authority.”
“I am composing like a god, as if it simply had to be done as it has been done.”
“I write down portions, maybe fragments, and perhaps an imperfect view of what Im hoping to write. Out of that, I keep trying to find exactly what I want.”
“Before you can find God, you must lose yourself.”

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