Have you ever taken the time to read a novel about the country you thought you knew so well? Here are some of the most relatable and sentimental quotes we’ve found in literature about Lebanon. <\/p>\n
\u201cNothing is very constant in Beirut. Certainly not dreams. But despair isn\u2019t constant either. Beirut is a city to be loved and hated a thousand times a day. Every day. It is exhausting, but it is also beautiful.\u201d <\/i>
\u2015 Nasri Atallah<\/p>\n
\u201cNothing distinguishes memories from ordinary moments. Only later do they make themselves known, from their scars.”<\/i>
\u2015 Zeina Abirached, I Remember Beirut<\/p>\n
\u201cBeirut is the Elizabeth Taylor of cities: insane, beautiful, falling apart, aging, and forever drama laden. She’ll also marry any infatuated suitor who promises to make her life more comfortable, no matter how inappropriate he is.\u201d<\/i>
\u2015Rabih Alameddine, An Unnecessary Woman<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t want to turn into one of those pathetic creatures who are always homesick, always saying I wish I were still in Beirut. I don\u2019t want to become like you, split between here and there. I know I\u2019m not happy here, but why should I be unhappy in two countries?\u201d<\/i>
\u2015 Hanan Al-Shaykh, Beirut Blues<\/p>\n
” Lebanon was, and always will be the mistress of hysteria. Lebanon was, and always will be schizophrenic.” <\/i>
\u2015 Zena El Khalil, Beirut, I Love You<\/p>\n
“Beirut, Queen of the world
Who sold your bracelet inlaid with sapphire?
Who seized your magic ring and cut your golden nails?
Arise, Beirut, so that the world may survive\u2026that we may survive\u2026that love may survive”<\/i>
\u2015Nizar Qabbani, Beirut! O Queen Of The World<\/p>\n
“I am from Lebanon, from Beirut and Saida
I am from the ground underneath my home
I am from the trees, the cedar tree
I come from Tabouleh and brown eyes, from Karim…
Kassar and Kassem
I come from happiness and culture
From “Habibi” and “Hayete”
I am from all religions
I am from the room beneath the stars.\u201d<\/i>
\u2015 Zeina Kassem, Talal Kassem<\/p>\n
“You can say that Lebanese has hundreds of lexemes for family relations. Family to the Lebanese is as snow to the Inuit.”<\/i>
\u2015 Rabih Alameddine, The Hakawati<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are all the products and victims of our own upbringing, until we reflect, refuse, and rebel.\u201d <\/i>
\u2015 Rawi Hage, Carnival<\/p>\n
“[Beirut has gathered the] manners and customs, the flaws and vengeance, the guilt and debauchery of the whole world into her belly.”<\/i>
\u2015 Etel Adnan, Sitt Marie Rose<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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