Sara

“گر بدينسان زيست بايد پست
من چه بي‌شرمم اگر فانوس عمرم را به رسوايي نياويزم
بر بلند كاج خشك كوچهء بن‌بست من

گر بدينسان زيست بايد پاك
من چه ناپاكم اگر ننشانم از ايمان خود، چون كوه
يادگاري جاودانه، بر تراز بي‌بقاي خاك.”
― احمد شاملو_ahmad shamlou, هوای تازه

“قاصدک! هان، چه خبر آوردي؟
از کجا، وز که خبر آوردي؟
خوش خبر باشي، امّا، امّا
گرد بام و در من
بي ثمر مي گردي.
انتظار خبري نيست مرا
نه زياري نه ز ديّاري ، باري،
برو آنجا که بود چشمي و گوشي با کس،
برو آنجا که ترا منتظرند.
قاصدک!
در دل من همه کورند و کرند.
دست بردار از اين در وطن خويش غريب.
قاصدک تجربه هاي همه تلخ،
با دلم مي گويد
که دروغي تو، دروغ
که فريبي تو، فريب.
قاصدک! هان، ولي ...
راستي آيا رفتي با باد؟
با توام، آي کجا رفتي؟ آي...!
راستي آيا جايي خبري هست هنوز؟
مانده خاکستر گرمي، جايي؟
در اجاقي- طمع شعله نمي بندم - اندک شرري هست هنوز؟
قاصدک!
ابرهاي همه عالم شب و روز
در دلم مي گريند ...”
― مهدی اخوانِ ثالث

“I am looking for friends. What does that mean -- tame?"

"It is an act too often neglected," said the fox. "It means to establish ties."

"To establish ties?"

"Just that," said the fox. "To me, you are still nothing more than a little boy who is just like a hundred thousand other little boys. And I have no need of you. And you, on your part, have no need of me. To you I am nothing more than a fox like a hundred thousand other foxes. But if you tame me, then we shall need each other. To me, you will be unique in all the world. To you, I shall be unique in all the world....”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

“And when your sorrow is comforted (time soothes all sorrows) you will be content that you have known me. You will always be my friend. You will want to laugh with me. And you will sometimes open your window, so, for that pleasure . . . And your friends will be properly astonished to see you laughing as you look up at the sky! Then you will say to them, 'Yes, the stars always make me laugh!' And they will think you are crazy. It will be a very shabby trick that I shall have played on you...”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince