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> [Do not believe that man grows. No: he is born suddenly-a word, in a moment, penetrates his heart to a new throb. One scene can hurl him down from the ceiling of childhood on to the ruggedness of the road.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ghassan-kanafani/do-not-believe-that-man-grows-no-he-is-born-suddenly-a-word-in-a/)

[Ghassan Kanafani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ghassan-kanafani/)

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## More by Ghassan Kanafani

> [Everything in this world can be robbed and stolen, except one thing; this one thing is the love that emanates from a human being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ghassan-kanafani/everything-in-this-world-can-be-robbed-and-stolen-except-one-thing/)

[Ghassan Kanafani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ghassan-kanafani/)

> [“I heard you in the other room asking your mother, 'Mama, am I a Palestinian?' When she answered 'Yes' a heavy silence fell on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ghassan-kanafani/i-heard-you-in-the-other-room-asking-your-mother-mama-am-i-a/)

[Ghassan Kanafani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ghassan-kanafani/)

> [Imperialism has layed its body over the world, the head in Eastern Asia, the heart in the Middle East, its arteries reaching Africa and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ghassan-kanafani/imperialism-has-layed-its-body-over-the-world-the-head-in-eastern/)

[Ghassan Kanafani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ghassan-kanafani/)

> [You have something in this world, so stand for it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ghassan-kanafani/you-have-something-in-this-world-so-stand-for-it/)

[Ghassan Kanafani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ghassan-kanafani/)

> [Do not believe that man grows. No: he is born suddenly-a word, in a moment, penetrates his heart to a new throb. One scene…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ghassan-kanafani/do-not-believe-that-man-grows-no-he-is-born-suddenly-a-word-in-a/)

[Ghassan Kanafani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ghassan-kanafani/)

> [My political position springs from my being a novelist. In so far as I am concerned, politics and the novel are an indivisible case…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ghassan-kanafani/my-political-position-springs-from-my-being-a-novelist-in-so-far-as-i/)

[Ghassan Kanafani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ghassan-kanafani/)

> [بالدم نكتب لفلسطين We write with the blood for Palestine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ghassan-kanafani/we-write-with-the-blood-for-palestine/)

[Ghassan Kanafani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ghassan-kanafani/)

> [If the prisoner is beaten, it is an arrogant expression of fear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ghassan-kanafani/if-the-prisoner-is-beaten-it-is-an-arrogant-expression-of-fear/)

[Ghassan Kanafani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ghassan-kanafani/)

> [The Palestinian cause is not a cause for Palestinians only, but a cause for every revolutionary, wherever he is, as a cause of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ghassan-kanafani/the-palestinian-cause-is-not-a-cause-for-palestinians-only-but-a/)

[Ghassan Kanafani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ghassan-kanafani/)

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