"I think most Israelis prefer not to know. So for them, texts about the occupation are like something that's been written in a foreign language that they can't understand. If they want, you can translate it to them. But it is their choice. In general, though, I think Israelis don't want to know. Very few do. Basically, I write to the converted."

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Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com

Amira Hass

#Writing Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Choices Quotes

“Sanctity has to do with gratitude. To be a saint is to be fueled by gratitude, nothing more and nothing less.”
“Sink into morbid, cynical reflection on how much romantic heartbreak is to do with ego and miffed pride rather than actual loss”

Source : Helen Fielding (2016). “Bridget Jones's Diary: Picador Classic”, p.121, Pan Macmillan
“Everyone in my grade is turning 13, so there are bunches of bar and bat mitzvahs. They're very dressy. It's fun picking out outfits. One girl, for her bat mitzvah, wore a huge red ball gown!”
“An apt and true reply was given to Alexander the Great by a pirate who had been seized. For when that king had asked the man what he meant by keeping hostile possession of the sea, he answered with bold pride. "What thou meanest by seizing the whole earth; but because I do it with a petty ship, I am called a robber, whilst thou who dost it with a great fleet art styled emperor."”
“The Democratic Party has succeeded so well that many of its members are now Republicans.”
“Iâ€™m just a big, hairy, American winning machine!”
“I mean, every thought starts over, so every expression of a thought has to do the same. every accuracy has to be invented... I feel I am blundering in concepts too fine for me.”
“The Iraq conflict, while not a cause of extremism, has become a cause for extremists.”

Source : "CNN Live at Daybreak", www.cnn.com. February 17, 2005.

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