--- title: "1 Writes Truth Quotes By Simin Behbahani" description: "1 Writes Truth quotes by Simin Behbahani. Plus more from Simin Behbahani and more Writes Truth sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b1/simin-behbahani-43082_censorship_the-nightmare-of-censorship-has-always-c_113963.jpg" --- > [The nightmare of censorship has always cast a shadow over my thoughts. Both under the previous state and under the Islamic state, I have said again and again that, when there is an apparatus for censorship that filters all writing,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simin-behbahani/the-nightmare-of-censorship-has-always-cast-a-shadow-over-my-thoughts/) [Simin Behbahani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simin-behbahani/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b1/simin-behbahani-43082_censorship_the-nightmare-of-censorship-has-always-c_113963.jpg) ## More by Simin Behbahani > [The nightmare of censorship has always cast a shadow over my thoughts. Both under the previous state and under the Islamic state, I have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simin-behbahani/the-nightmare-of-censorship-has-always-cast-a-shadow-over-my-thoughts/) [Simin Behbahani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simin-behbahani/) > [Politics becomes a part of a writer's working life. The writer's protagonists are born in the context of the feelings that this atmosphere evokes.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simin-behbahani/politics-becomes-a-part-of-a-writer-s-working-life-the-writer-s/) [Simin Behbahani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simin-behbahani/) > [Literature rests on language. It is a linguistic art. So it cannot sever its relationship with the past. 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Language is renewed but it never changes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simin-behbahani/no-one-can-create-a-noteworthy-work-without-knowing-the-tenets-of/) [Simin Behbahani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simin-behbahani/) > [Old I may be, but, given the chance, I will learn.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simin-behbahani/old-i-may-be-but-given-the-chance-i-will-learn/) [Simin Behbahani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simin-behbahani/) > [Democracy is the product of human thought and reasoning. It's true that philosophers and thinkers have always imagined a utopia in which everything is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simin-behbahani/democracy-is-the-product-of-human-thought-and-reasoning-it-s-true/) [Simin Behbahani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simin-behbahani/) > [I've stood in long lines, in the rain and under the sun, just to buy a pack of butter or a box of paper…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simin-behbahani/i-ve-stood-in-long-lines-in-the-rain-and-under-the-sun-just-to-buy-a/) [Simin Behbahani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simin-behbahani/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writes-truth/simin-behbahani/#itemlist", "name": "1 Writes Truth Quotes By Simin Behbahani", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The nightmare of censorship has always cast a shadow over my thoughts. 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