Amos Oz Quotes
1939–2018 Israel
Amos Oz (4 May 1939 – 28 December 2018) was an Israeli novelist and journalist.
- Israel
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- Journalists
- Non-fiction authors
- Novelists
Random Amos Oz quote
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The [political] left are people with an imagination and the right are those without an imagination.
America is too large and too abstract to generalize about.
Interview (1986)
But for 30 years, Orthodox leaders have tipped the balance between hawks and doves, and have been in a position to determine who forms a coalition and who runs the country.
The kibbutz way of life is not for everyone. It is meant for people who are not in the business of working harder than they should be working, in order to make more money than they need, in order to buy things they don't really want, in order to impress people they don't really like.
I am old enough to tell you, here in the Middle East, words such as "never," "forever" or "eternity" mean something like six months to 30 years.
Interview with Forward (2018)
I am a great believer in compromising. I think the only alternative to compromising is fight to the death on any front, on any level.
Interview with NPR (1988)
Israel is essentially a refugee camp. So is Palestine, which is what makes this conflict so tragic. It's a conflict - tragic conflict between two victims, between two refugee camps.
Interview with NPR (2004)