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> [“They want us to be afraid. They want us to be afraid of leaving our homes. They want us to barricade our doors and hide our children. Their aim is to make us fear life itself! They want us to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kamand-kojouri/they-want-us-to-be-afraid-they-want-us-to-be-afraid-of-leaving-our/)

[Kamand Kojouri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kamand-kojouri/)

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## Other authors on Barricade

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-victor-hugo-93504.jpg) Victor Hugo 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/barricade/victor-hugo/)

## More by Kamand Kojouri

> [“No one has any right to tell you that the way you perceive yourself is wrong. Because by doing so, they also discourage the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kamand-kojouri/no-one-has-any-right-to-tell-you-that-the-way-you-perceive-yourself/)

[Kamand Kojouri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kamand-kojouri/)

> [“A spark of every fire we seek is already within us.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kamand-kojouri/a-spark-of-every-fire-we-seek-is-already-within-us/)

[Kamand Kojouri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kamand-kojouri/)

> [“I'm not here to grant you the extraordinary love you never had for yourself. I'm here, on my own accord, to love you. So…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kamand-kojouri/i-m-not-here-to-grant-you-the-extraordinary-love-you-never-had-for/)

[Kamand Kojouri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kamand-kojouri/)

> [“It’s so easy to lose faith and become lost in all of the politics of the world. That’s why we need the arts. To…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kamand-kojouri/it-s-so-easy-to-lose-faith-and-become-lost-in-all-of-the-politics-of/)

[Kamand Kojouri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kamand-kojouri/)

> [“All this waiting. Waiting for the rain to stop. Waiting in traffic. Waiting for the bill. Waiting at the airport for an old friend.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kamand-kojouri/all-this-waiting-waiting-for-the-rain-to-stop-waiting-in-traffic/)

[Kamand Kojouri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kamand-kojouri/)

> [“You keep thinking you’re too much for me that I will say I’ve had enough. But I drank all you poured for me and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kamand-kojouri/you-keep-thinking-you-re-too-much-for-me-that-i-will-say-i-ve-had/)

[Kamand Kojouri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kamand-kojouri/)

> [“You know how it goes: at some point in your life, you fell in love with someone and had a glimpse of God. Then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kamand-kojouri/you-know-how-it-goes-at-some-point-in-your-life-you-fell-in-love-with/)

[Kamand Kojouri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kamand-kojouri/)

> [“You have no choice. You must leave your ego on the doorstep before you enter love.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kamand-kojouri/you-have-no-choice-you-must-leave-your-ego-on-the-doorstep-before-you/)

[Kamand Kojouri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kamand-kojouri/)

> [“Because at night when others are sleeping, I drown myself in poetry.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kamand-kojouri/because-at-night-when-others-are-sleeping-i-drown-myself-in-poetry/)

[Kamand Kojouri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kamand-kojouri/)

> [“Our minds have this strange ability to make associations using ourselves as a reference point. They create our identities based on our relation to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kamand-kojouri/our-minds-have-this-strange-ability-to-make-associations-using/)

[Kamand Kojouri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kamand-kojouri/)

> [“He knows all my thoughts. He knows all I’ve ever done and He loves me all the same. What is our purpose, you ask.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kamand-kojouri/he-knows-all-my-thoughts-he-knows-all-i-ve-ever-done-and-he-loves-me/)

[Kamand Kojouri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kamand-kojouri/)

> [“Whenever you are angry, take a beautiful object in your house and smash it to pieces. The pity you feel for what you have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kamand-kojouri/whenever-you-are-angry-take-a-beautiful-object-in-your-house-and/)

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> [“If only we studied the stars as much as we study our own reflections.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kamand-kojouri/if-only-we-studied-the-stars-as-much-as-we-study-our-own-reflections/)

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> [“If love weighs you down and casts a shadow on your life then it isn’t love. Love is light and makes you light.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kamand-kojouri/if-love-weighs-you-down-and-casts-a-shadow-on-your-life-then-it-isn-t/)

[Kamand Kojouri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kamand-kojouri/)

> [“Ignorance might be bliss. But self-forgetfulness is pure ecstasy.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kamand-kojouri/ignorance-might-be-bliss-but-self-forgetfulness-is-pure-ecstasy/)

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