"I watch life trickle from the bullet wound of a sixteen-year-old "example" and marvel how things weak, even words, will turn vicious and merciless to gain power,despite reason or history"

--

Source : Susan Abulhawa (2010). “Mornings in Jenin”, p.80, Bloomsbury Publishing

Susan Abulhawa

#Years Quotes #Bullets Quotes #Sixteen Quotes

“Increasingly, the world around us looks as if we hated it.”
“There are a lot of Egyptians who live below the poverty line and are preoccupied with meeting basic needs. Therefore, we have to create tangible benefits from nature conservation. Only through economic incentives will we convince people to protect habitats, wildlife, geological formations, cultural heritage sites, etc. We need local communities to cooperate with us, not against us!”
“If heaven send no supplies, The fairest blossom of the garden dies.”

Source : Nicholas Breton, George Wither, William Browne (1906). “Nicholas Breton: Pastoral Poems; George Wither: Selected Poetry; William Browne (of Tavistock): Pastoral Poetry”
“mountains had taken the place of religion, had satisfied her religious sense, her need for adoration and worship as no service in any Cathedral, however sublime, had been able to do ...”
“It is not our diversity which divides us; it is not our ethnicity, or religion or culture that divides us. Since we have achieved our freedom, there can only be one division amongst us: between those who cherish democracy and those who do not.”

Source : Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.109, Pan Macmillan
“Practice is important. The regular season is important. Your meetings are important. Your walk-through is important. Everything is important. You want to be a championship team, there's a price to pay. And that's what you have to do. There's no shortcuts. You can't shortcut your way to success.”

Source : Source: www.usatoday.com
“Courage, like so many other things, was not something one did or didn't have; it was a decision, a choice.”

Source : Linda Lael Miller (2015). “Linda Lael Miller Montana Creeds Series Volume 2: A Creed in Stone Creek\Creed's Honor\The Creed Legacy”, p.537, HQN Books
“When the world careens out of control, we can rest in the fact that God spun this world with a simple word. Matter from emptiness. Beauty from void. Community from chaos.”

Source : Mary E DeMuth (2012). “Everything: What You Give and What You Gain to Become Like Jesus”, p.5, Thomas Nelson

You may also like:

Ahdaf Soueif
Novelist
Alan Dershowitz
Lawyer
Ali Abunimah
Journalist
Ghassan Kanafani
Writer
Gilad Atzmon
Writer
Ilan Pappe
Historian
Mourid Barghouti
Poet
Nathalie Handal
Poet
Remi Kanazi
Poet