Ghassan Kanafani quotes

Everything in this world can be robbed and stolen, except one thing; this one thing is the love that emanates from a human being towards a solid commitment to a conviction or cause. (Ghassan Kanafani)
The Palestinian cause is not a cause for Palestinians only, but a cause for every revolutionary, wherever he is, as a cause of the exploited and oppressed masses in our era. View quote
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You have something in this world, so stand for it. View quote
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Do not believe that man grows. No: he is born suddenly-a word, in a moment, penetrates his heart to a new throb. One scene can hurl him down from the ceiling of childhood on to the ruggedness of the road. View quote
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Imperialism has layed its body over the world, the head in Eastern Asia, the heart in the Middle East, its arteries reaching Africa and Latin America. Wherever you strike it, you damage it, and you serve the World Revolution. View quote
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If the prisoner is beaten, it is an arrogant expression of fear. View quote
Ghassan Kanafani
My political position springs from my being a novelist. In so far as I am concerned, politics and the novel are an indivisible case and I can categorically state that I became politically committed because I am a novelist, not the opposite. View quote
Ghassan Kanafani

Ghassan Kanafani

Occupation: Writer
Quotes count: 7

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