"Sometimes I feel as if I am read before I write. When I write a poem about my mother, Palestinians think my mother is a symbol for Palestine. But I write as a poet, and my mother is my mother. She's not a symbol."

-- Mahmoud Darwish

#Mother Quotes #Writing Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“Wine is like beer except different.”
“I believe that people want the scent of love, more than anything else. And I don't mean sentimentality, I don't mean mush. I mean that idea, that human beings are more alike than we are different. And that means that I can love you. I don't mean support you in bad things you do, that I can understand because you're a human being.”
“Within all of us there is a storm. Some believe it will never end: but he who has faith in the heavens above will weather any storm.”
“I, myself, write to change my life, to make it come out the way I want it to. But other people write for other reasons: to see more closely what it is they are thinking about, what they may be afraid of. Sometimes writers write to solve a problem, to answer their own question. All these reasons are good reasons. And that is the most important thing I'll ever tell you. Maybe it is the most important thing you'll ever hear. Ever.”
“If you want to attain peace, live peacefully”
“Could fulfillment ever be felt as deeply as loss?”
“All of a sudden it became that hip hop didn't used to be about partying; hip hop used to be about putting out a message.”
“As long as I know what key the solo is in, I try to kind of empty my mind and not think about anything. I just play without thinking.”

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