Kingdom of Olives and Ash Quotes

“A few peace activists, looking like peace activists all over the world, young, unassailable, and romantic, hand out roses. The message is old, the gesture likewise: the flower as a sign of good. There's a flaw in the symbolism, however, a permanent gash in this goodness: the flower withers. It lives for a moment. Then it withers in your hands.”
― Michael Chabon, Kingdom of Olives and Ash

“We're just animals in a cage. They're just feeding us to keep us alive.”
― Michael Chabon, Kingdom of Olives and Ash

“THE CHOICE, BY BOTH PALESTINIANS AND ISRAELI JEWS, TO TRUST ONE another is perilous. Day after day, the mechanisms of life under occupation succeed in their aim: to disavow the possibility of commonality and coexistence. There”
― Michael Chabon, Kingdom of Olives and Ash: Writers Confront the Occupation