"Do you know, Mother, that Haj Salem was……" — Susan Abulhawa

"Do you know, Mother, that Haj Salem was buried alive in his home? Does he tell you stories in heaven now? I wish I had had a chance to meet him. To see his toothless grin and touch his leathery skin. To beg him, as you did in your youth, for a story from our Palestine. He was over one hundred years old, Mother. To have lived so long, only to be crushed to death by a bulldozer. Is this what it means to be Palestinian?"

— Susan Abulhawa

Alive Quotes Beg Quotes Beg Him Quotes Bulldozer Quotes Bulldozers Quotes Buried Quotes Buried Alive Quotes Chance Quotes Crushed Quotes Death Quotes Doe Quotes From Quotes Grin Quotes Haj Quotes Heaven Quotes Heaven Now Quotes Him Quotes His Home Quotes Home Quotes Hundred Quotes Hundred Years Quotes I Wish Quotes Know Quotes Know Mother Quotes Leathery Quotes Lived Quotes Long Quotes Mean Quotes Means Quotes Meet Quotes Meet Him Quotes Mother Quotes Old Quotes Old Mother Quotes One Quotes One Hundred Quotes Only Quotes Over Quotes Palestine Quotes Palestinian Quotes Salem Quotes See Quotes Skin Quotes Skins Quotes Stories Quotes Story Quotes Tell Quotes Tell You Quotes Toothless Quotes Touch Quotes Wish Quotes Years Quotes Years Old Quotes You Know Quotes Your Youth Quotes Youth Quotes

24 Quotes by Susan Abulhawa

Susan Abulhawa has 24 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

See all 24 quotes by Susan Abulhawa »

More Alive Quotes

This quote is filed under Alive Quotes, one of 4,909 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

There are some four million different kinds of animals and plants in the world. Four million different solutions to the… — David Attenborough
No poet or novelist wishes he were the only one who ever lived, but most of them wish they were… — Wystan Hugh Auden
When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe,… — Marcus Aurelius
I think if we didn't contradict ourselves, it would be awfully boring. It would be tedious to be alive. — Paul Auster
Here is the test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: if you're alive, it isn't. — Richard Bach
The Holy Spirit is our comforter, our teacher. That's why, in prayer, we can ask the Lord to open up… — Michele Bachmann
A man without ambition is dead. A man with ambition but no love is dead. A man with ambition and… — Pearl Bailey
It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me… — James A. Baldwin
I tried to keep both arts alive, but the camera won. I found that while the camera does not express… — Ansel Adams
My biggest fear ever is to be involved in a plane crash, so when that happened... well, I'm just thankful… — Travis Barker
As a housewife, I feel that if the kids are still alive when my husband gets home from work, then… — Roseanne Barr
The real truth is, I just want to keep the voice of dissent alive in all of our elections. I… — Roseanne Barr

See all 4,909 Alive Quotes »