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Quotes from A Mountainous Journey: An Autobiography — Fadwa Tuqan

1917–2003 Palestine

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The sweetest moments in life are those that transcend time and impose themselves on us, with all the life force in them. (p183)

A Mountainous Journey: An Autobiography (1990)

I sense the absurdity and aimlessness of life as I stand bewildered, lost and weak before the tide of overpowering death. (p176)

A Mountainous Journey: An Autobiography (1990)

Whenever a new literary venture makes me mentally and emotionally restless, I live in utter chaos. (p179)

A Mountainous Journey: An Autobiography (1990)

In school I was able to discover some parts of my lost self. There I established myself as a person, something I had not been able to do at home. (p45)

A Mountainous Journey: An Autobiography (1990)

A world in tumult... I search in it for a bright spot, but I hear nothing but the noise of radio broadcasts on every side. It is like a nightmare. (p187)

A Mountainous Journey: An Autobiography (1990)

The power of the Arab reactionaries increases day by day, thanks to the flood of wealth in the arid sands...Arab progressivism is still a child, lacking method and organisation. (p187)

A Mountainous Journey: An Autobiography (1990)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Fadwa Tuqan (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.