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If we don't stop somewhere, if we don't accept an unhappy compromise, unhappy for both sides, if we don't learn how to unhappily coexist and contain our burned sense of injustice - if we don't learn how to do that, we end up in a doomed state.

~Amos Oz

Topics: Accept Both Both Sides Burned Coexist Compromise Contain Doomed End How Injustice Learn Our Sense Sides Somewhere State Stop Unhappy Up

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And in this respect, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been a tragedy, a clash between one very powerful, very convincing, very painful claim over this land and another no less powerful, no less convincing claim.

~Amos Oz

Topics: Another Been Between Claim Clash Conflict Convincing Israeli-Palestinian Land Less Over Painful Powerful Respect Tragedy Very

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I wrote a novel about Israelis who live their own lives on the slope of a volcano. Near a volcano one still falls in love, one still gets jealous, one still wants a promotion, one still gossips.

~Amos Oz

Topics: About Falls Gets Gossips Israelis Jealous Live Lives Love Near Novel Own Promotion Slope Still Volcano Wants Who Wrote

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Two children of same cruel parent look at one another and see in each other the image of the cruel parent or the image of their past oppressor. This is very much the case between Jew and Arab: It's a conflict between two victims.

~Amos Oz

Topics: Another Arab Between Case Children Conflict Cruel Each Image Jew Look Much Oppressor Other Parent Past Same See Two Very Victims

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

~Amos Oz

Topics: Family Fascinating Find Institution Most Mysterious World

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It is crystal clear to me that if Arabs put down a draft resolution blaming Israel for the recent earthquake in Iran it would probably have a majority, the U.S. would veto it and Britain and France would abstain.

~Amos Oz

Topics: Abstain Arabs Blaming Britain Clear Crystal Down Draft Earthquake France Iran Israel Majority Me Put Recent Resolution Veto Would

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

~Amos Oz

Topics: Begins Conflict Ends Hearts Minds People

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All of my novels are democracies.

~Amos Oz

Topics: Democracy Novels

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But for 30 years, Orthodox leaders have tipped the balance between hawks and doves, and have been in a position to determine who forms a coalition and who runs the country.

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Topics: Balance Been Between Coalition Country Determine Doves Forms Hawks Leaders Orthodox Position Runs Who Years

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But The Same Sea is set precisely in this Israel, which never makes it to the news headlines anywhere. It is a novel about everyday people far removed from fundamentalism, fanaticism nationalism, or militancy of any sort.

~Amos Oz

Topics: About Any Anywhere Everyday Everyday People Fanaticism Far Fundamentalism Headlines Israel Makes Nationalism Never News Novel People Precisely Same Sea Set Sort Which

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Biography

Nationality: Israeli

Type: Writer

Born: May 4th, 1939

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