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,…

— Mahmoud Dowlatabadi

“They seemed to be high on some lethal drug, but the colonel saw no need to be afraid, for there was nothing…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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,…

— 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…

— 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…

— Mahmoud Dowlatabadi

“If you want to retain sanity, the only thing you can do is look on without letting go of your mind, So…

— Mahmoud Dowlatabadi

“But a coward cannot kill in cold blood. A coward usually talks about humanity and morals, to hide his fear behind such…

— Mahmoud Dowlatabadi

“A man without hope is nothing but an insect, a mindless creature with no future. And a man without a future can…

— Mahmoud Dowlatabadi