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Amos Oz quotes: The whole of reality was just a vain attempt to imitate the world of words.

The whole of reality was just a vain attempt to imitate the world of words.

Amos Oz quotes: only a woman has the power to choose whether or not to bestow.

only a woman has the power to choose whether or not to bestow.

Amos Oz quotes: Ll our tongues and cultures are constant shoplifters from other tongues and cultures.

Ll our tongues and cultures are constant shoplifters from other tongues and cultures.

Amos Oz quotes: All of my novels are democracies.

All of my novels are democracies.

Amos Oz quotes: Loneliness, mother said, is like a hammer blow that shatters glass but hardens steel.

Loneliness, mother said, is like a hammer blow that shatters glass but hardens steel.

Amos Oz quotes: I now believe that all journeys are ridiculous: the only journey from which you don't always come back empty-handed is the journey inside yourself.

I now believe that all journeys are ridiculous: the only journey from which you don't always come back empty-handed is the journey inside yourself.

Amos Oz quotes: Maybe they feared that a knowledge of languages would expose me too to the blandishments of Europe, that wonderful, murderous continent.

Maybe they feared that a knowledge of languages would expose me too to the blandishments of Europe, that wonderful, murderous continent.

Amos Oz quotes: I was born and bred in a tiny, low-ceilinged ground-floor apartment.

I was born and bred in a tiny, low-ceilinged ground-floor apartment.

Amos Oz quotes: Facts have a tendency to obscure the truth.

Facts have a tendency to obscure the truth.

Amos Oz quotes: My whole life, I've never loved anything else

My whole life, I've never loved anything else

Amos Oz quotes: Tell me, is it true there's no word for Schadenfreude in English?

Tell me, is it true there's no word for Schadenfreude in English?

Amos Oz quotes: To be honest, I was sometimes even jealous of those starving children in India, because nobody ever told them to finish up everything on their plate.

To be honest, I was sometimes even jealous of those starving children in India, because nobody ever told them to finish up everything on their plate.

Amos Oz quotes: only until the children are born. Your life is your own only for a short time:

only until the children are born. Your life is your own only for a short time:

Amos Oz quotes: He always imagined that silence was somehow directed against him. Or that it was his fault.

He always imagined that silence was somehow directed against him. Or that it was his fault.

Amos Oz quotes: I recommend the art of slow reading.

I recommend the art of slow reading.

Amos Oz quotes: Well, my definition of a tragedy is a clash between right and right.

Well, my definition of a tragedy is a clash between right and right.

Amos Oz quotes: Success flows from perspiration, and inspiration from diligence and effort.

Success flows from perspiration, and inspiration from diligence and effort.

Amos Oz quotes: my life too would become a new song, a life as pure and straightforward and simple as a glass of water on a hot day.

my life too would become a new song, a life as pure and straightforward and simple as a glass of water on a hot day.

Amos Oz quotes: If you have no more tears left to weep, then don't weep. Laugh.

If you have no more tears left to weep, then don't weep. Laugh.

Amos Oz quotes: A conflict begins and ends in the hearts and minds of people, not in the hilltops.

A conflict begins and ends in the hearts and minds of people, not in the hilltops.

Amos Oz quotes: In a short story by Chekhov or a novel by Balzac he found mysteries which, so far as he was aware, did not exist in any spy thriller. 35

In a short story by Chekhov or a novel by Balzac he found mysteries which, so far as he was aware, did not exist in any spy thriller. 35

Amos Oz quotes: The actual gap between Labor, Likud and the new central party is microscopic.

The actual gap between Labor, Likud and the new central party is microscopic.

Amos Oz quotes: Imagination needs food like every dog and every cat and every bird and every fish.

Imagination needs food like every dog and every cat and every bird and every fish.

Amos Oz quotes: Everything, every speck of dust, every drop of water continue to exist eternally, albeit in different forms, except for my soul?

Everything, every speck of dust, every drop of water continue to exist eternally, albeit in different forms, except for my soul?

Amos Oz quotes: The [political] left are people with an imagination and the right are those without an imagination.

The [political] left are people with an imagination and the right are those without an imagination.

Amos Oz quotes: a nutshell, the choice is between going through this life awake or in a kind of stupor.

a nutshell, the choice is between going through this life awake or in a kind of stupor.

Amos Oz quotes: On my parents' scale of values, the more Western something was, the more cultured it was considered.

On my parents' scale of values, the more Western something was, the more cultured it was considered.

Amos Oz quotes: The Gentiles used to say about us: the diploma - that's the Jews' religion. Not money, not gold. The diploma.

The Gentiles used to say about us: the diploma - that's the Jews' religion. Not money, not gold. The diploma.

Amos Oz quotes: Fundamentalist s live life with an exclamation point. I prefer to live my life with a question mark.

Fundamentalist s live life with an exclamation point. I prefer to live my life with a question mark.

Amos Oz quotes: The best way to know the soul of another country is to read its literature.

The best way to know the soul of another country is to read its literature.

Amos Oz quotes: There is no freedom about this: the world gives, and you just take what you're given, with no opportunity to choose.

There is no freedom about this: the world gives, and you just take what you're given, with no opportunity to choose.

Amos Oz quotes: I find the family the most mysterious and fascinating institution in the world.

I find the family the most mysterious and fascinating institution in the world.

Amos Oz quotes: But there's also an upside-down sort of happiness, a black happiness, that comes from doing evil to others.

But there's also an upside-down sort of happiness, a black happiness, that comes from doing evil to others.

Amos Oz quotes: If you change your diet, someone will call you a traitor.

If you change your diet, someone will call you a traitor.

Amos Oz quotes: Nasty thoughts are more like worms in the cauliflower!

Nasty thoughts are more like worms in the cauliflower!

Amos Oz quotes: Once you have lifted your foot, do not be in a hurry to put it down again: who can tell what menacing nest of vipers you might step on.

Once you have lifted your foot, do not be in a hurry to put it down again: who can tell what menacing nest of vipers you might step on.

Amos Oz quotes: When people have peace, they hate it and long for excitement, and when they have excitement, they want peace.

When people have peace, they hate it and long for excitement, and when they have excitement, they want peace.

Amos Oz quotes: In many ways, I regard Sharon and Arafat as birds of a feather.

In many ways, I regard Sharon and Arafat as birds of a feather.

Amos Oz quotes: After two thousand years we've established a state so as to have someone to steal from.

After two thousand years we've established a state so as to have someone to steal from.