Avesta Quotes

“Amir then showed off his moonwalk prowess as he started to walk backward toward Tara again.

Tara closed her eyes and laughed. She took a sip from her glass and said, “Divaneh!”

“I am crazy. Crazy for you!” Amir said with eyebrows raised and still dancing in his spot.

Tara sat on the edge of the bed, glass in hand and with the other smoothed a piece of her hair behind her ear. “Did you know that Persian demons did everything backward?” she said.

“Did they now?” Amir replied still dancing.

“They did. The word for demons, div, comes from the Avesta language meaning ‘a spirit or deity personifying evil.’ They were creatures that wreaked havoc.”

“Really?”

“Yes, really,” Tara replied with a smile. “And we’ve got Ferdowsi and the old Persian language to thank for the word divaneh too.”

“So are you telling me that I’m a demon?” Amir didn’t get where Tara was going as he walked back toward the dressing table.”
― Soroosh Shahrivar, Tajrish