--- title: "1 Forever Looking Quotes By Donia Bijan" description: "1 Forever Looking quotes by Donia Bijan. Plus more from Donia Bijan and more Forever Looking sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/19f/donia-bijan-50608_parenting_maybe-we-don-t-really-grow-up-until-our_2507427.jpg" --- > [“Maybe we don’t really grow up until our parents die, she thought. Maybe her infant memory was forever looking to Zod and Pari to make things better because they always did. 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Maybe her infant memory was forever looking to Zod and Pari to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donia-bijan/maybe-we-don-t-really-grow-up-until-our-parents-die-she-thought-maybe/) [Donia Bijan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donia-bijan/) > [“It’s the same everywhere, she thought, they’re small and they live with you and you’re in love with them and they move away and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donia-bijan/it-s-the-same-everywhere-she-thought-they-re-small-and-they-live-with/) [Donia Bijan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donia-bijan/) > [“To live into your forties thinking it was you who brightened rooms, because nothing of what you had seen so far prepared you for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donia-bijan/to-live-into-your-forties-thinking-it-was-you-who-brightened-rooms/) [Donia Bijan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donia-bijan/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/forever-looking/donia-bijan/#itemlist", "name": "1 Forever Looking Quotes By Donia Bijan", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Maybe we don’t really grow up until our parents die, she thought. 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