"وَنَحْنُ نُحِبُّ الحَيَاةَ إذَا مَا اسْتَطَعْنَا إِلَيْهَا سَبِيلاَ وَنَرْقُصُ بَيْنَ شَهِيدْينِ نَرْفَعُ مِئْذَنَةً …"

"لو يذكرُ الزيتون غارسَهُ لصار الزيت دمعا"

"I have the wisdom of one condemned to death: I own nothing for anything to own me"

"The sea is the obsession of the poet, because the first poetic rhythm, or the first sense of poetic rhythm, was born …"

"I don't know what I want. Exile is so strong within me I may bring it to the land."

"In my last book I said: “I have one dream: to find a dream.” A dream is a piece of the sky found in everyone. We can’…"

"Only culture is a guarantee of true peace."

"I encouraged the leadership in its time of weakness. Now that they are strong, I'm allowed not to applaud. If a Pales…"

"What is a homeland? It is a place that enables people to blossom, and not a place in which people serve the flag. In …"

"Interviewer: I know that the comparison between the Jewish fate and the Palestinian fate bothers you, because it hint…"