Amalia Kahana-Carmon

Amalia Kahana-Carmon (1926-2019) was an Israeli poet belonged to the Palmach generation of the 1950s. Her writings were classified as 'New Wave Writing'. She was awarded the Israel Prize for Literature in 2000.

Wisdom & Quotes

• Reading is actually plunging into one's own identity and, one hopes, emerging stronger than before. You see, unconsciously, we are seeking to find an affirmation to our own world perception and set of values.

• Every human encounter is the external embodiment of an attraction between two magnetic fields. The encounter comes suddenly, unexpectedly. It is a moment of truth. It is a moment of revelation, as when the right ray of sun penetrates through the right window pane, and falls with the right slant on one picture in the museum.

• Each attraction, limited as it may appear to be, is a cosmic happening — it occurs within the broader pattern of things, with the endlessly complex structure which underlies our lives.

Muhammad Hijazi