When a writer declares that his first book is his best, that is bad. I progress successively from book to book.

I wish I were a candle in the darkness.

I am not a lover of Israel, of course. I have no reason to be. But I don't hate Jews.

One day, I will be a poet. Water will depend on my visions.

We are captives, even if our wheat grows over the fences/ and swallows rise from our broken chains./ We are captives of what we love, what we desire, and what we are.

I am patient and am waiting for a profound revolution in the consciousness of the Israelis. The Arabs are ready to accept a strong Israel with nuclear arms - all it has to do is open the gates of its fortress and make peace.

The days have taught you not to trust happiness because it hurts when it deceives.