“Maybe in writing about and through trauma it was therapeutic in a way, but it didn't feel like it at the time. I was in a very dark place, in lots of foreign cities, far from New York. A lot of personal trials and tribulations took over my life in those years. It might be some time before I see what therapeutic function this book did serve. But for now, it's not even easy to read from it.”
![“It [9/11 tragedy] has affected us on so many levels: economically, morally, spiritually, ethically. It's been all over the place. A new American identity emerged - we now live in a very different America. This is the power of the definitive event.” quote by Porochista Khakpour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/3b7/porochista-khakpour-20047_affected_it-9-11-tragedy-has-affected-us-on-so-ma_821622.jpg)
