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"Let me tell you a story."

Oz, Amos. Israel, Palestine and Peace: Essays (p. 95). Mariner Books. Kindle Edition.

"Up to a few months ago the Palestinian national movement rejected such a solution. Now the Palestinians say they are prepared to accept it, and it is Israel that refuses. One must not forget that since 1977 no Israeli government has offered peace in exchange for territory in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, and since 1949 no Israeli government has offered peace between Israel and Palestine."

Oz, Amos.

"And you write. You write, not as someone struggling for peace, but more like someone who begets peace and feels eager to share it with the readers; writing with a simple ethical imperative: Try to understand everything. Forgive some. And forget nothing."

Oz, Amos. Israel, Palestine and Peace: Essays (p. 76). Mariner Books. Kindle Edition.

If I personally was terribly disillusioned and unhappy, I wouldn’t be able to write, just scream. Or beg for mercy. Or waste my life feeling sorry for myself.

Oz, Amos. Israel, Palestine and Peace: Essays (p. 60). Mariner Books. Kindle Edition.

"No, let’s not be too hasty in giving up the hope of uncovering the differences in these two kinds of literary craft, in these two kinds of uncertainty."

Oz, Amos. Israel, Palestine and Peace: Essays (p. 25). Mariner Books. Kindle Edition.

"Every madness, savagery, obscenity and ruthlessness in the mind of the tyrant must have crossed the poet’s mind as well."

Oz, Amos. Israel, Palestine and Peace: Essays (p. 3). Mariner Books. Kindle Edition.