Narrative Quote by Refaat Alareer

“In the idea we recognize our true homeland.”

— Julius Evola

“Words are a homeland.”

— Mahmoud Darwish

“All at once, I felt the homeland as so very much mine, so close, so warm, so dear. Was it really necessary to be…

— Melānija Vanaga

“To those who no longer have a homeland, writing becomes home”

— Theodor W. Adorno

“Homelands are as sacred as God, and the will of the people is also sacred”

— Hasan Hanafi

“Stories wander around, go from one land to another, sometimes parts change.”

— Ari Berk

“Story always tells us more than the mere words, and that is why we love to write it, and to read it.”

— Madeleine L'Engle

“I love it as it is, because it is a story, and it isn't stuck in one place.”

— N.D. Wilson

“I find that writing is as magical as the genre I write in. When the story comes alive and takes over, it's truly a…

— K.M. Randall

“Some stories simply touch us more deeply as they reach right into our hearts, settle there, and never leave.”

— Kate Fagan

“We are all refugees from our childhoods. And so, we turn, among other things, to stories.”

— Mohsin Hamid

“Most importantly, of course, we all care intensely for the narrative of our own life and very much want it to be a good…

— Daniel Kahneman