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When you engage in your wars, think upon others
Do not forget those who demand peace.

— Mahmoud Darwish

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If the olive trees knew the hands that planted them, their oils would become tears.

The sea is the obsession of the poet, because the first poetic rhythm, or the first sense of poetic rhythm, was born of the motion of the waves.

And when you think of others, far away, think of yourself
And say: I am a candle in the darkness.

And when you return home – to your house – think upon others
Such as those who live in tents.

When you fall asleep counting planets, think upon others
Who cannot find a place to sleep.

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