Rafik Schami Quotes

why do our enemies shape us more than our friends? ~ Rafik Schami

And rumors, well, they're strange creatures with a will of their own: the more colorful they grow, the more their true origins fade. By ~ Rafik Schami

Anyone can listen to an exciting story; but a good listener is like a determined gold prospector patiently digging through the mud to find a little nugget of the prized metal. ~ Rafik Schami

What you achieve, endures throughout time ~ Rafik Schami

Writing is not the voice's shadow but the tracks of its steps. It is only thanks to writing that we can listen to the ancient Greeks and Egyptians even today, that we can hear their voices as full of life as if they had just spoken. My friend, only writing has the power to move a voice through time, and make it as immortal as the gods. ~ Rafik Schami

I ran out of the apartment in a rage. Mahmud followed me, and we walked home, not speaking. Shortly before we reached the door to the house, he grabbed hold of me. "You're my friend, even if you've hurt me," he said.
I embraced him and asked his forgiveness. ~ Rafik Schami

And on the other hand, we see that the Israeli government is attacking that part of the Palestinian leader. ~ Rafik Hariri

Mother seemed happy because the school yard where Rafik would spend his recesses was surrounded by a high stone wall. She'd recently started talking about 'safety' in a way that made Liyana jumpy. Liyana never thought about safety unless someone else brought it up. She didn't WANT to think about it either. SHE WANTED TO LIVE IN AN UNLOCKED WORLD ~ Naomi Shibab Nye

On the other hand, we have in Israel, an Israeli government which has been elected by the Israeli people. Their political agenda is not for peace. They are from the camp anti-peace. ~ Rafik Hariri

We need to restore the confidence in the country, first of all. ~ Rafik Hariri

I have ... submitted the resignation of the government, and I have declared that I will not be a candidate to head the (next) government. ~ Rafik Hariri

We don't think that we are in a quarrel with anybody. We may have a difference of opinion, but we'll not allow such differences of opinion to grow into a problem that stands in the way of reconstructing the country and regaining the democratic path. ~ Rafik Hariri

We want to see Israel withdraw from our territory. But we don't want to be accountable vis-a-vis Israel on the security basis, because we don't see, in the absence of a peace agreement, that Lebanon can really be accountable to Israel if anything happens. ~ Rafik Hariri