"The presence of death annihilates all superstitions. We……" — Sadegh Hedayat
"The presence of death annihilates all superstitions. We are the children of death, and it is death that rescues us from the deceptions of life. In the midst of life he calls us and summons us to him."
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12 Quotes by Sadegh Hedayat
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I have finally learned that I must remain silent as much as possible. I must always keep my thoughts to…
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My one fear is that tomorrow I may die without having come to know myself.
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If there was no death, everyone would wish for it.
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What relationship could exist between the lives of the fools and healthy rabble who were well, who slept well, who…
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Only death does not lie.
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[Death is] the best asylum for pains and sorrows and troubles and the injustices of life.
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The sign of our time is that the dignity of the human personality has no place: the age is, as…
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Ugh! How many stories about love, copulation, marriage and death already exist, not one of which tells the truth! How…
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I write only for my shadow which is cast on the wall in front of the light. I must introduce…
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In life there are certain sores which, like a kind of canker, slowly erode the soul in solitude.
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I thought to myself: if it’s true that every person has a star in the sky, mine must be distant,…
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