Quote by Mahmoud Darwish

“I see a bird carrying me and carrying you, with us as its wings, beyond the dream, to a journey that has no end…

— Mahmoud Darwish

Life defined only as the opposite of death is not life.

— Mahmoud Darwish

My love, I fear the silence of your hands.

— Mahmoud Darwish

“I'll search in mythology and archeology and in every -ology to my old name. one of the goddesses of Canaan will side with me,…

— Mahmoud Darwish

I see what I want of Love... I see horses making the meadow dance, fifty guitars sighing, and a swarm of bees suckling the…

— Mahmoud Darwish

I have learned and dismantled all the words in order to draw from them a single word: Home.

— Mahmoud Darwish

My homeland is not a suitcase, and I am no traveller

— Mahmoud Darwish

Where can I free myself of the homeland in my body?

— Mahmoud Darwish

She does not love you. Your metaphors thrill her you are her poet. But that's all there's to it.

— Mahmoud Darwish

I've built my homeland, I've even founded my state - in my language.

— Mahmoud Darwish

“Please take your time. I want you to kill me slowly so I can write my last poem to my wife's heart. They laughed,…

— Mahmoud Darwish

I want to find a language that transforms language itself into steel for the spirit--a language to use against these sparkling insects, these jets.

— Mahmoud Darwish