Mahmoud Darwish Quotes

To be under occupation, to be under siege, is not a good inspiration for poetry.

Mahmoud Darwish

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• Even a beautiful piece of work can be overshadowed, destroyed, by something else.

  

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• Do I want to take my turn forgetting, to look inwards into the hazy darkness of that cave? I do. Yes, I do.

  

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• To be under occupation, to be under siege, is not a good inspiration for poetry.

  

  Mahmoud Darwish
  • Poetry
  • Occupation
  • Siege