Dreams of Bread and Fire (31 page)
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Authors: Nancy Kricorian
Gratitude to my top-notch editorial team: Maria Massie, Elisabeth Schmitz, Lauren Wein, and Kim Witherspoon. James Schamus was once again my most faithful and trusted reader.
Table of Contents
Copyright © 2003 by Nancy Kricorian
land of Armenians, land of orphans
the hungry dream of bread, the thirsty of water
you cannot teach a donkey to become a horse
a long tongue makes for a short life
the lid rolled and found its pot
a big house, a big nest of pain
walk with the Devil but don’t let go of his tail
the mouth is the heart’s interpreter
without the wind, no leaf will move
be neither sweet and swallowed nor sour and spurned
in a foreign place the exiled man will have no face
there is life like iron and there is life like silver
where a nail was driven, there will always be a hole
land of Armenians, land of stones
better to be the village cat than a foreign aristocrat
thorns are pulled out one by one
better a wise sinner than a righteous fool
