"The word is a bouncing ball The ruler……" — Nizar Qabbani
"The word is a bouncing ball The ruler throws from his balcony. The word has been a shot of morphine. Rulers calm their people with speeches."
—
Nizar Qabbani
★
★
★
★
★
0.0 avg (0 ratings)
29 Quotes by Nizar Qabbani
Nizar Qabbani has 29 quotes on this site.
A few more worth reading:
-
Life doesn't stop after losing someone, but it goes on without them differently.
-
And I fear that my place gets taken by some other one, very lucky and not too shy, who flirts…
-
Days will pass, and you’ll abandon things you were addicted to, and leave someone, and cancel a dream, and finally,…
-
Love in the Arab world is like a prisoner, and I want to set (it) free. I want to free…
-
Dive into the sea, or stay away
-
The female doesn't want a rich man or a handsome man or even a poet, she wants a man who…
-
And the writing is still : to you, with you, about you, because of you and for you.
-
If you want to kill somebody, conquer his heart, Then leave slowly and leave them between death and madness.
-
Don't love deeply, till you make sure that the other part loves you with the same depth, because the depth…
-
What we feel is beyond words. We should be ashamed of our poems.
-
Our enemies did not cross our borders They crept through our weaknesses like ants.
-
We need an angry generation, A generation to plow the horizons
See all 29 quotes by Nizar Qabbani »
More Balconies Quotes
This quote is filed under Balconies Quotes,
one of 62 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
-
I watched the Trade Center buildings go down from my balcony, and it was a terrifying moment. I couldn't get…
— Joyce Brothers
-
Over the weekend the vultures got into the presidential palace by pecking through the screens on the balcony windows and…
— Gabriel Garcia Marquez
-
Just imagine, a cow on the balcony of the nation, what an awful thing, what a shitty country...
— Gabriel Garcia Marquez
-
Consider the situation. There you are, forehead like a set of balconies, worrying about the long-term effects of all this…
— Terry Pratchett
-
I stood on the balcony dark with mourning... hoping the earth would spread its wings in my uninhabited love.
— Pablo Neruda
-
I was supposed to go out with this girl, but the plans mixed up because I was working late. So…
— James Franco
-
I made a terrible mistake. I got caught up in the excitement of the moment. I would never intentionally endanger…
— Michael Jackson
-
It was just a typical London flat, but it was in a great neighborhood. It was across from the Playboy…
— Harry Nilsson
-
I love the sound of snow... You can hear it even if you are only standing on a balcony. [The…
— Unknown Author
-
I walked out and Jack Nicholson was sitting about six feet away, so I avoided that area and I looked…
— Elliott Smith
-
When I was 12 years old, I was just horrible. My parents were ashamed to watch my matches. I would…
— Roger Federer
-
My life's work has been to prompt others and be forgotten. Remember that night when Christian came to your balcony?…
— Cyrano de Bergerac
See all 62 Balconies Quotes »