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Danh ngôn của Mahmoud Darwish
(Sứ mệnh: 4)
I believe in the power of poetry, which gives me reasons to look ahead and identify a glint of light.
I see poetry as spiritual medicine.
When I passed the age of 50, I learned how to control my emotions.
Without hope we are lost.
Poetry and beauty are always making peace. When you read something beautiful you find coexistence; it breaks walls down.
Against barbarity, poetry can resist only by confirming its attachment to human fragility like a blade of grass growing on a wall while armies march by.
Sarcasm helps me overcome the harshness of the reality we live, eases the pain of scars and makes people smile.
History laughs at both the victim and the aggressor.
Some people ask, 'How do you attract the young and so many different people when your poetry is complicated and different?' I say, 'My accomplishment is that my readers trust me and accept my suggestions for change.'
To be under occupation, to be under siege, is not a good inspiration for poetry.
The importance of poetry is not measured, finally, by what the poet says but by how he says it.