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“They smell your breath
Lest you have said: I love you,
They smell your heart:
These are strange times, my dear.

From the poem Strange Times, My Dear, in the PEN Anthology of Contemporary Literature”
― Ahmad Shamlu

“In this crooked blind alley, as the chill descends,
they feed fires
with logs of song and poetry.
Hazard not a thought:
These are strange times, my dear.

The man who knocks at your door in the noon of the night
has come to kill the light.
Let’s hide light in the larder.”
― Ạhmad Shāmlū

“همه می‌ترسند
همه می‌ترسند
اما من و تو
به چراغ و آب و آینه پیوستیم و نترسیدیم”
― فروغ فرخزاد, تولدی‌ دیگر

“I haven't been everywhere, but it's on my list.”
― Susan Sontag

“When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.”
― Ansel Adams