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> [“If you want to retain sanity, the only thing you can do is look on without letting go of your mind, So that is what the colonel did, sure in the knowledge that he was in full control of his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahmoud-dowlatabadi/if-you-want-to-retain-sanity-the-only-thing-you-can-do-is-look-on/)

[Mahmoud Dowlatabadi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahmoud-dowlatabadi/)

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## More by Mahmoud Dowlatabadi

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahmoud-dowlatabadi/what-kind-of-mortuary-is-this-anyway-it-hasn-t-even-got-electricity/)

[Mahmoud Dowlatabadi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahmoud-dowlatabadi/)

> [“They seemed to be high on some lethal drug, but the colonel saw no need to be afraid, for there was nothing left in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahmoud-dowlatabadi/they-seemed-to-be-high-on-some-lethal-drug-but-the-colonel-saw-no/)

[Mahmoud Dowlatabadi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahmoud-dowlatabadi/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahmoud-dowlatabadi/i-m-a-stranger-in-my-own-home-the-tragedy-of-our-whole-country-is-the/)

[Mahmoud Dowlatabadi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahmoud-dowlatabadi/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahmoud-dowlatabadi/and-in-the-end-you-die-but-you-don-t-take-that-feat-with-you-to-the/)

[Mahmoud Dowlatabadi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahmoud-dowlatabadi/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahmoud-dowlatabadi/who-am-i-trying-to-fool-i-m-well-aware-that-at-every-stage-of-history/)

[Mahmoud Dowlatabadi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahmoud-dowlatabadi/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahmoud-dowlatabadi/farzaneh-was-aflame-and-her-wailing-melted-everyone-s-hearts-parvaneh/)

[Mahmoud Dowlatabadi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahmoud-dowlatabadi/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahmoud-dowlatabadi/but-no-one-has-the-right-to-undermine-or-obstruct-the-hopes-and/)

[Mahmoud Dowlatabadi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahmoud-dowlatabadi/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahmoud-dowlatabadi/people-who-are-drowning-in-a-sea-of-problems-and-have-lost-all-sense/)

[Mahmoud Dowlatabadi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahmoud-dowlatabadi/)

> [“If you want to retain sanity, the only thing you can do is look on without letting go of your mind, So that is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahmoud-dowlatabadi/if-you-want-to-retain-sanity-the-only-thing-you-can-do-is-look-on/)

[Mahmoud Dowlatabadi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahmoud-dowlatabadi/)

> [“But a coward cannot kill in cold blood. A coward usually talks about humanity and morals, to hide his fear behind such waffle. Such…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahmoud-dowlatabadi/but-a-coward-cannot-kill-in-cold-blood-a-coward-usually-talks-about/)

[Mahmoud Dowlatabadi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahmoud-dowlatabadi/)

> [“A man without hope is nothing but an insect, a mindless creature with no future. And a man without a future can only go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahmoud-dowlatabadi/a-man-without-hope-is-nothing-but-an-insect-a-mindless-creature-with/)

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