Armenian poetry Quotes

“The eyes of the Armenians speak long before the lips move and long after they cease to.”

“Whatever neutrality is, it is not very useful to anybody, and time is running out. If we do not do useful things whenever it is possible or necessary to do them, we shall soon be totally departed from the human scene, and forgotten, or remembered only for having disappeared. Armenians are too vital to be permitted to throw themselves away in neutrality, comfort, well-being, satisfaction, and so on and so forth.”

“The Armenian language cannot be worn out; its boots are stone. Well, certainly, the thick-walled words, the layers of air in the semi-vowels.”

“Some among the Armenians in the diaspora would never want the Turks to recognize the genocide. If they do so, they'll pull the rug out from under our feet and take the strongest bond that unites us. Just like the Turks have been in the habit of denying their wrongdoing, the Armenians have been in the habit of savoring the cocoon of victim hood. Apparently, there are some old habits that need to be changes on both sides." Baron Baghdassarian”

“No actions by gangs or individuals can justify the deaths of eight hundred thousand people.”

“Armenians have more imagination than Mohammedans.”

“What a lonely and silly thing it is to be an Armenian writer in America.”

“He sleeps for himself and dreams for others.”

“A woman telling her true age is like a buyer confiding his final price to an Armenian rug dealer.”