# Mahmoud Darwish's most famous lines

"On this earth there is what makes life worth living", "I long for my mother's bread" and "Think of others": the most quoted lines and sayings of Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish, with the poem or collection they come from.

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## Top 13

1. **On this earth there is what makes life worth living.** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Poem "On This Earth", from Fewer Roses (1986).
2. **I long for my mother's bread, my mother's coffee, my mother's touch.** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Poem "To My Mother", from Lover from Palestine (1966).
3. **And I love my life because if I died I would be ashamed of my mother's tears.** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Poem "To My Mother", from Lover from Palestine (1966).
4. **As you prepare your breakfast, think of others; don't forget to feed the doves.** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Poem "Think of Others".
5. **As you think of distant others, think of yourself; say: if only I were a candle in the dark.** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Poem "Think of Others".
6. **Your eyes are a thorn in my heart; they hurt me... and I worship them.** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Poem "A Lover from Palestine" (1966).
7. **Like them, nothing pleases me, but I am tired of travelling.** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Poem "Nothing Pleases Me".
8. **And history mocks its victims and its heroes… it casts a glance at them and moves on.** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Poem "I Am Not Mine".
9. **I am not mine… I am not mine.** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Poem "I Am Not Mine".
10. **My country, far from me… like my heart! My country, close to me… like my prison!** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Poem "The Earth".
11. **Where do I begin?… And where do I end?** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Poem "Letter from Exile".
12. **If we must dream, let the dream be like us, and simple.** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — One of his widely quoted sayings.
13. **We dreamed of nothing more than a life like life, or to die in our own way.** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — One of his widely quoted sayings.

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