Ghada Karmi Quotes

“...We never set eyes on Fatima or our dog or the city we had known ever again. Like a body prematurely buried, unmourned withpot coffin or ceremony, our hasty untidy exit from Jerusalem was no way to have said goodbye to our home, our country and all that we knew and loved.”

“Calvi was sobbing. This couldn't be! A moment ago the Pope was healthy, smiling. How could His Holiness be no longer? Only a month into his papacy!”

“Lord, I'll embrace whatever it is you want me to do, but please, please let me know what it is." - Father Kevin Thrall.”

“Don't leave life until life leaves you.from the book 'I Know Who You Are!”

“Withdraw, like a turtle, into a hard yet harmless shell, ornamented with beautiful memories of the past.from the book 'I Know Who You Are!”

“Live to learn and you'll learn to live.from the book 'I Know Who You Are!”

“My CountryI don't have any caps left made back homeNor any shoes that trod your roadsI've worn out your last shirt quite long agoIt was of Sile clothNow you only remain in the whiteness of my hairIntact in my heartNow you only remain in the whiteness of my hairIn the lines of my foreheadMy country-Nazim Hikmet”

“It's not the surrounding that has changed, it's us who changed.”

“An hour later. the moon reflected its light on the Tigris as well. The sun, the moon, and Fatima. What else could I ask for?”

“The three Secrets of Fatima were closely held by the Vatican for decades, until the text of the third and last secret was finally released in 2000.”