Refaat Quotes & Sayings

There weren't perfect people, nor were there perfect lives or perfect relationships. There were, however, perfect moments. And this was one of them. — Nicole Williams

It took only one gunshot. His brother and the canary were silenced forever, in front of his eyes ... — Refaat Alareer

In faith and hope the world will disagree, but all mankind's concern is charity. — Alexander Pope

Of all the people around me, you know best that it takes two to complete a story; it always does — Refaat Alareer

Sir Edward's great object in life was to be seductive. With such personal advantages as he knew himself to possess, and such talents as he did also give himself credit for, he regarded it as his duty. He felt that he was formed to be a dangerous man - quite in line of the Lovelaces. — Jane Austen

Practice the art of what, where, when. — Iman Refaat

All that I can tell you is that nothing can justify it, not even the most sacred ends in the world, not even peace itself, understand me?'
'Yes, Mom. Nothing can justify our scars. — Refaat Alareer

There's a Palestine that dwells inside all of us, a Palestine that needs to be rescued: a free Palestine where all people regardless of color, religion, or race coexist; a Palestine where the meaning of the word "occupation" is only restricted to what the dictionary says rather than those plenty of meanings and connotations of death, destruction, pain, suffering, deprivation, isolation and restrictions that Israel has injected the word with. — Refaat Alareer

What is there beyond the sky?' I asked my mother.
'Paradise.'
'What does it look like?'
'Like children's dreams. — Refaat Alareer

I averted my eyes, looked around, and stumbled through all the faces in the room till they finally rested on his. He was standing like a scared bird, waving one wing and using the other to hide his scar. Aya Rabah- Scars — Refaat Alareer

You can't be taught to be brainy. You've either got it or you don't. — Samantha Fox

It grew darker, and thus harder to read, as the sun peacefully, sank to bestow a new life on other people. Hamza, sinking into the darkness struggled to read the dark lines lying lifelessly before him. It dawned on him earlier that as long as we sought life, we could give it, and there always must be life close to us, closer than we imagine. — Refaat Alareer

What we need is what the ancient Israelites called hochma - the science of the heart ... the capacity to see, to feel, and then to act as if the future depended on you. Believe me, it does. — Bill Moyers

It is when darkness prevails that I sit by the window to look past all those electricity-free houses, smell the sweet scent of a calm Gazan night, feel the fresh air going straight to my heart, and think of you, of me, of Palestine, of the crack, of the blank wall, of you, of Mama, of you, of my history class, of you, of God, of Palestine - of our incomplete story. — Refaat Alareer

A picture is not going to be like a stone that has been subjected to the rain and the heat and the cold and the dirt and the smell of Jerusalem. This stone is Jerusalem. It is. — Refaat Alareer

But what I did know was that I loved a girl. And I knew I loved her in a way I'd never, ever recover from. I knew I loved her to the very core of myself. And I knew she loved me back. — Mia Sheridan

What to tell you? Gaza is frustrating these days - well, these years. It's a good exercise in patience, at least. — Refaat Alareer

I am, day after day, falling in love with the years that dwell in his wrinkled face and the memories of the old days which are the beats of his weak heart. — Refaat Alareer

Too many voters are already bought
not by corporate campaign donors, but by the government itself. — Joseph Sobran

So many times, I tried to imagine how he would look like and always ended up believing he is no more than a faceless monster. — Refaat Alareer

The refugee card was and continues to be an insult to remind us of the little that refugees get in comparison with what they have really lost. Would a bag of flour compensate for the farmland they once had? Would a bag of sugar make up for the bitter misery those people have always felt after losing their sweet homes to dwell in refugee camps? Would the two bottles of oil make them forget their olive trees, which had been mercilessly uprooted as they themselves were? Or maybe it is simply a declaration that they are temporary refugees who once had the land which, as long as this card is still in their hands, would still be waiting for them to return. Only a shot of sharp pain brought me back to the present. — Refaat Alareer

Serious is when they tell you, 'You've got cancer.' Cancer is serious, but then the rest of it is not. — Michael Douglas

If a Palestinian bulldozer were ever invented (Haha, I know!) and I were given the chance to be in an orchard, in Haifa for instance,I would never uproot a tree an Israeli planted. No Palestinian would. To Palestinians, the tree is sacred, and so is the Land bearing it — Refaat Alareer

For three years, the 'Meistersinger' score was a ball and chain to me. It went with me to every city and concert hall. — Bryn Terfel

Abolition of a woman's right to abortion, when and if she wants it, amounts to compulsory maternity: a form of rape by the State. — Edward Abbey

No one had told me that the tax of playing big will be having to play big all the time. At first I chased my dream for me. Now I chase my dreams as a service for humanity. When I do so, people dare to chase their own dreams. They look up at me and get motivated to play big. — Iman Refaat

Sometimes a homeland becomes a tale. We love the story because it is about our homeland and we love our homeland even more because of the story. — Refaat Alareer

I heard something once. I heard a slogan and it stuck in my head. I heard 'Equal rights for all; special privileges for none' and to me it didn't mean anything but what it said. — Harper Lee

Gaza Writes Back' provides conclusive evidence that telling stories is an act of life, that telling stories is resistance, and that telling stories shapes our memories. — Refaat Alareer

Find creative ways to express your love. — Iman Refaat

When we disempower women we actually corrupt the world. — Iman Refaat