“I am bothered by a pain which isn’t mine I lived in a land which isn’t mine I have lived with a name which isn’t mine I have wept of grief which isn’t mine I was born out of joy which isn’t mine I die a death which isn’t mine. Ahmad Shamlu”
“I try to pretend his shoulder touching mine isn’t causing totally unrelated parts of me to tingle.”
“A mine divided in two isn’t as preferential as a yours divided in two. ”
“It’s quite simple. Death isn’t what we think it is. It isn’t life which ends but time which stops.”
“Are you mine?”Yes.“Are you mine?”Yes.“Are you mine?”No.“No?”No. I loved being yours. But now I’m mine, which is all I ever was, in the end.”
“A friend of mine who passed through a most severe trial, when I discussed it with him, he said simply, if it’s fair, it isn’t a trial.”