I wanted to be calm, like a mound with all its cities destroyed, and tranquil, like a full cemetery.

I wanted to be calm, like a mound with all its cities destroyed, and tranquil, like a full cemetery.

Jerusalem is a port city on the shore of eternity.

A flock of sheep near the airport or a high voltage generator beside the orchard: these combinations open up my life like a wound, but they also heal it. That's why my feelings always come in twos.

What are you going to do now? You'll collect loves like stamps. You've got doubles and no one will trade with you. And you've got damaged ones.

The memory of my father is wrapped up in white paper, like sandwiches taken for a day of work. Just as a magician takes towers and rabbits out of his hat, he drew love from his small body.

Love is like a reservoir of kindness and pleasure, like silos and pools during a siege.