“People who are drowning in a sea of problems and have lost all sense of self-worth often grasp at egotism and alienation from everything outside themselves as their only point of fixity, and this can help anchor and fortify them--if… — Mahmoud Dowlatabadi Copy Share Image
“What kind of mortuary is this, anyway? It hasn't even got electricity. This sort of town needs more and more of it, what with… — Mahmoud Dowlatabadi Copy Share Image
“They seemed to be high on some lethal drug, but the colonel saw no need to be afraid, for there was nothing left in… — Mahmoud Dowlatabadi Copy Share Image
“I'm a stranger in my own home! The tragedy of our whole country is the same: we are all alienated, strangers in our own… — Mahmoud Dowlatabadi Copy Share Image
“And in the end you die, but you don't take that feat with you to the grave as you should. No, you pass it… — Mahmoud Dowlatabadi Copy Share Image
“Who am I trying to fool? I'm well aware that at every stage of history there have been crimes against humanity, and they couldn't… — Mahmoud Dowlatabadi Copy Share Image
“Farzaneh was aflame and her wailing melted everyone's hearts. Parvaneh had lost control of herself and was flapping madly around her brother, while Masoud… — Mahmoud Dowlatabadi Copy Share Image
“But no-one has the right to undermine or obstruct the hopes and aspirations of the young on the basis of one's own experience. It… — Mahmoud Dowlatabadi Copy Share Image
“People who are drowning in a sea of problems and have lost all sense of self-worth often grasp at egotism and alienation from everything… — Mahmoud Dowlatabadi Copy Share Image
“If you want to retain sanity, the only thing you can do is look on without letting go of your mind, So that is… — Mahmoud Dowlatabadi Copy Share Image
“But a coward cannot kill in cold blood. A coward usually talks about humanity and morals, to hide his fear behind such waffle. Such… — Mahmoud Dowlatabadi Copy Share Image
“A man without hope is nothing but an insect, a mindless creature with no future. And a man without a future can only go… — Mahmoud Dowlatabadi Copy Share Image
