“The more distressing the memory, the more persistent it's presence. ”

“Every day stole away more of her presence, leaving in its place faint wisps of memories devoid of color, scent, and sound.”

“One tended to lose one’s bearings in the presence of willful and persistent acts of craziness, and the more gentle the act, the crazier it seemed, as if rage and violence, being closer to the norm, were easier to accommodate.”

“This is Tehran for me: its absences were more real than its presences”

“But, when nothing subsists of an old past, after the death of people, after the destruction of things, alone, frailer but more enduring, more immaterial, more persistent, more faithful, smell and taste still remain for a long time, like souls, remembering, waiting, hoping, on the ruin of all the rest, bearing without giving way, on their almost impalpable droplet, the immense edifice of memory.”

“A little more persistence,A little more effort,and what seemed a hopeless failure may turn,GLORIOUS SUCCESS!”