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Amos Oz Quotes

Hebrew is deeply inspired by other languages Picture Quote #1

Things can be translated, but they become different Picture Quote #1

Different musical instruments provide for different music Picture Quote #1

One of the things I wanted to introduce in The Same Sea beyond transcending the conflict, is the fact that deep down below all our secrets are the same Picture Quote #1

I wrote The Same Sea not as a political allegory about Israelis and Palestinians. I wrote it about something much more gutsy and immediate. I wrote it as a piece of chamber music Picture Quote #1

When I was little, my ambition was to grow up to be a book. Not a writer. People can be killed like ants. Writers are not hard to kill either. But not books: however systematically you try to destroy them, there is always a chance that a copy will survive and continue to enjoy a shelf-life in some corner on an out-of-the-way library somehwere in Reykjavik, Valladolid or Vancouver Picture Quote #1

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If we don’t stop somewhere, if we don’t accept an unhappy compromise, unhappy for both sides, if we don’t learn how to unhappily coexist and contain our burned sense of injustice - if we don’t learn how to do that, we end up in a doomed state Picture Quote #1

I don’t think a decent person has to choose between being pro-Israel and pro-Palestine. I think you have to be pro-Peace Picture Quote #1

It is crystal clear to me that if Arabs put down a draft resolution blaming Israel for the recent earthquake in Iran it would probably have a majority, the U.S. would veto it and Britain and France would abstain Picture Quote #1

Actually, who hasn’t been through the ghastly experience of sitting in front of a blank page, with its toothless mouth grinning at you: Go ahead, let’s see you lay a finger on me? A blank page is actually a whitewashed wall with no door and no window. Beginning to tell a story is like making a pass at a total stranger in a restaurant Picture Quote #1

Words create conceptions and self-conceptions and ultimately nations. They can start and stop wars. They can would and heal. Choosing words carefully is a moral responsibility Picture Quote #1

Imagination needs food like every dog and every cat and every bird and every fish Picture Quote #1

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I wrote a novel about Israelis who live their own lives on the slope of a volcano. Near a volcano one still falls in love, one still gets jealous, one still wants a promotion, one still gossips Picture Quote #1

Compromise is not popular. It’s not at all popular among young people who these days call themselves activists. They think compromises are dishonest, opportunistic, humiliating. Not in my vocabulary Picture Quote #1

I often write about reconciling. Reconciling, or maybe half-reconciling between antagonists, between people who are deadly enemies Picture Quote #1

Literature belongs first and foremost to the language in which it is being written Picture Quote #1

The English language took in many many fertilizations, many many genes, from other languages, from foreign languages - Latin, French, Nordic languages, German, Scandinavian languages Picture Quote #1

I’m a great believer in compromises. I do not believe in capitulation Picture Quote #1

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I’m a great believer in compromise. I know it’s not popular among young idealists Picture Quote #1

But the Same Sea is set precisely in this Israel, which never makes it to the news headlines anywhere. It is a novel about everyday people far removed from fundamentalism, fanaticism nationalism, or militancy of any sort Picture Quote #1

The actual gap between Labor, Likud and the new central party is microscopic Picture Quote #1

One of the things I wanted to introduce in The Same Sea beyond transcending the conflict, is the fact that deep down below all our secrets are the same Picture Quote #1

On my parents scale of values, the more Western something was, the more cultured it was considered Picture Quote #1

Well, my definition of a tragedy is a clash between right and right Picture Quote #1

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I find the family the most mysterious and fascinating institution in the world Picture Quote #1

All of my novels are democracies Picture Quote #1

I recommend the art of slow reading Picture Quote #1

Never cut loose from your longings Picture Quote #1

The left are people with an imagination and the right are those without an imagination Picture Quote #1

Actually, who hasn’t been through the ghastly experience of sitting in front of a blank page, with its toothless mouth grinning at you: Go ahead, let’s see you lay a finger on me? A blank page is actually a whitewashed wall with no door and no window. Beginning to tell a story is like making a pass at a total stranger in a restaurant Picture Quote #1

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Hebrew is deeply inspired by other languages (Amos Oz Quotes) Things can be translated, but they become different (Amos Oz Quotes) Different musical instruments provide for different music (Amos Oz Quotes) One of the things I wanted to introduce in The Same Sea beyond transcending the conflict, is the fact that deep down below all our secrets are the same. (Amos Oz Quotes) I wrote The Same Sea not as a political allegory about Israelis and Palestinians. I wrote it about something much more gutsy and immediate. I wrote it as a piece of chamber music (Amos Oz Quotes) When I was little, my ambition was to grow up to be a book. Not a writer. People can be killed like ants. Writers are not hard to kill either. But not books: however systematically you try to destroy them, there is always a chance that a copy will survive and continue to enjoy a shelf-life in some corner on an out-of-the-way library somehwere in Reykjavik, Valladolid or Vancouver (Amos Oz Quotes) If we don’t stop somewhere, if we don’t accept an unhappy compromise, unhappy for both sides, if we don’t learn how to unhappily coexist and contain our burned sense of injustice - if we don’t learn how to do that, we end up in a doomed state (Amos Oz Quotes) I don’t think a decent person has to choose between being pro-Israel and pro-Palestine. I think you have to be pro-Peace. (Amos Oz Quotes) It is crystal clear to me that if Arabs put down a draft resolution blaming Israel for the recent earthquake in Iran it would probably have a majority, the U.S. would veto it and Britain and France would abstain. (Amos Oz Quotes) Actually, who hasn’t been through the ghastly experience of sitting in front of a blank page, with its toothless mouth grinning at you: Go ahead, let’s see you lay a finger on me? A blank page is actually a whitewashed wall with no door and no window. Beginning to tell a story is like making a pass at a total stranger in a restaurant. (Amos Oz Quotes) Words create conceptions and self-conceptions and ultimately nations. They can start and stop wars. They can would and heal. Choosing words carefully is a moral responsibility. (Amos Oz Quotes) Imagination needs food like every dog and every cat and every bird and every fish (Amos Oz Quotes) I wrote a novel about Israelis who live their own lives on the slope of a volcano. Near a volcano one still falls in love, one still gets jealous, one still wants a promotion, one still gossips (Amos Oz Quotes) Compromise is not popular. It’s not at all popular among young people who these days call themselves activists. They think compromises are dishonest, opportunistic, humiliating. Not in my vocabulary. (Amos Oz Quotes) I often write about reconciling. Reconciling, or maybe half-reconciling between antagonists, between people who are deadly enemies. (Amos Oz Quotes) Literature belongs first and foremost to the language in which it is being written (Amos Oz Quotes) The English language took in many many fertilizations, many many genes, from other languages, from foreign languages - Latin, French, Nordic languages, German, Scandinavian languages. (Amos Oz Quotes) I’m a great believer in compromises. I do not believe in capitulation. (Amos Oz Quotes) I’m a great believer in compromise. I know it’s not popular among young idealists. (Amos Oz Quotes) But the Same Sea is set precisely in this Israel, which never makes it to the news headlines anywhere. It is a novel about everyday people far removed from fundamentalism, fanaticism nationalism, or militancy of any sort (Amos Oz Quotes) The actual gap between Labor, Likud and the new central party is microscopic (Amos Oz Quotes) One of the things I wanted to introduce in The Same Sea beyond transcending the conflict, is the fact that deep down below all our secrets are the same (Amos Oz Quotes) On my parents scale of values, the more Western something was, the more cultured it was considered (Amos Oz Quotes) Well, my definition of a tragedy is a clash between right and right (Amos Oz Quotes) I find the family the most mysterious and fascinating institution in the world (Amos Oz Quotes) All of my novels are democracies (Amos Oz Quotes) I recommend the art of slow reading (Amos Oz Quotes) Never cut loose from your longings (Amos Oz Quotes) The left are people with an imagination and the right are those without an imagination (Amos Oz Quotes) Actually, who hasn’t been through the ghastly experience of sitting in front of a blank page, with its toothless mouth grinning at you: Go ahead, let’s see you lay a finger on me? A blank page is actually a whitewashed wall with no door and no window. Beginning to tell a story is like making a pass at a total stranger in a restaurant (Amos Oz Quotes)

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