“The idea becomes a machine that makes art.”

“If the Palestinian people really suffered a nakba, it was largely of their own making — and that of their grand mufti.”

“In our not-yet-acknowledged secret garden lie the seeds of some of our best not-yet-written stories”

“I've gotta go now. Laura has this stupid thing she wants me to go to. There was a feminine yell in the background. This supremely wonderful and life changing thing she wants me to go to.”

“The Zionists accepted the partition plan. The AHC and the Arab states rejected any proposal to share the land and vowed to drown the fledging Jewish state in rivers of blood.”

“...all necessary measures should be taken to encourage and stimulate immigration of Jews into Palestine on a large scale. —joint statement signed by both Chaim Weizmann and Prince Faisal”

“...the Palestinian Arabs' obsession with the Jews and rejection of all political compromise was inspired by Islamic teachings as well as by European fascism.”