Quotes from Prisoner of Tehran

“تمنيت لو كان العالم مكاناً بسيطاً كل الناس فيه اما أخيار أو أشرار.”
― Marina Nemat, quote from Prisoner of Tehran

“سوف تقدرينه عندما تكبرين. عندما تكونين بحاجة للبكاء دون أن يعلم أحد أنك تبكين، يمكنك تقطيع البصل.”
― Marina Nemat, quote from Prisoner of Tehran

“الحزن أمر غريب! إنه يتخذ أشكالاً وألواناً متعددة. تساءلت دوماً هل تمكن أحد من تحديدها كلها وإعطائها أسماءً وهمية.”
― Marina Nemat, quote from Prisoner of Tehran

“Now that I was lying safely in my bed, it had become much easier to be brave.”
― Marina Nemat, quote from Prisoner of Tehran

“Each tombstone was like the cover of a book that had been sealed forever.”
― Marina Nemat, quote from Prisoner of Tehran

“إن الصمت و الظلام يتشابهان إلى حد بعيد، فالظلام غياب للضوء، و الصمت غياب للأصوات.”
― Marina Nemat, quote from Prisoner of Tehran

“تمنيت ان اعفو عنه ولا كن العفو لا ياتي دفعه واحده كهديه مغلفه بشريط احمرانما ياتي تدريجيا بالاضافه الي ذلك لن يمحو العفو اثار الالم اللذي سببه لي سوف يلازمني هذا الالم ما حيت لاكن هذا العفو سيساعدني ان اتسامي عن الماضي اواجه كل ما حذث كان عليه ان اصرفه عن ذهني كلي احرر نفسي منه
" مارينا”
― Marina Nemat, quote from Prisoner of Tehran

“Moving to America felt as splitting and eternal as death.”
― Marina Nemat, quote from Prisoner of Tehran

“You have to know that death is only a step we have to take to reach the other world and live, only in a different way.”
― Marina Nemat, quote from Prisoner of Tehran

“Nos da miedo preguntar porque nos da miedo saber.”
― Marina Nemat, quote from Prisoner of Tehran

“كيف يمكن لكل هذا الجمال أن يوجد في هذا العالم القاسي ؟”
― Marina Nemat, quote from Prisoner of Tehran

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