I wrote those poems for myself, as a way of being a soldier here in this country. I didn't know the poems would travel. I didn't go to Lebanon until two years ago, but people told me that many Arabs had memorized these poems and translated them into Arabic.
“One shouldn't write one's own epitaph. I hope people will remember me as one who did her best - and who wasn't an anachronism.”
“The best protection for the people is not necessarily to believe everything people tell them.”