Anyone who has experienced disastrous friendships and endured treachery from friends, values a friendship that develops on the basis of trust, honest… - Fadwa Tuqan

In school I was able to discover some parts of my lost self. There I established myself as a person, something I had not been able to do at home. (p45)

Whenever a new literary venture makes me mentally and emotionally restless, I live in utter chaos. (p179)

Science and art are two separate tendencies, each representing a significant aspect of human enterprise. In general, art in all its branches is one of the vital manifestations of life and its true expression. It is futile to advocate repressing it for it is something that will never die until all life on earth is extinct.
It is wrong for us Arabs to call a halt to literature, ignoring, or ignorant of the fact that future enterprises in any nation are directed and outlined first and foremost by its literature. The way to a conscious revolt and struggle for a free, decent life is paved by literature. Through literature and art, in general, pride is awakened, ambitions are enhanced, and a psychological boost given to the morale of the citizens of a nation...A nation whose literature has become dry and sterile cannot determine what is best for itself or for humanity, no matter how high it climbs on the ladder of scientific development. (p182-3)