Niloofar Masoomi

“در این جهان
چیزهای بسیاری هست
که زنگ می‌زند
می‌پوسند، می‌میرند
و از یاد می‌روند
مثل تاج، عصا و سریر پادشاهان

در این جهان
چیزهای بسیاری هست
که هرگز نمی‌پوسند، نمی‌میرند
و از یاد نمی‌روند
مثل کلاه، عصا و کفش‌های چارلی چاپلین”
― Sherko Bekas

“Hermes, the Psychopomp.”
― Stephen Fry, Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold

“This species, the mute swan, became holy to Apollo. In remembrance of the death of the beloved Phaeton the bird is silent all its life until the very moment of its death, when it sings with terrible melancholy its strange and lovely goodbye, its swan song. In honour of Cygnus the young of all swans are called ‘cygnets’.”
― Stephen Fry, Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold

“Bad things seem to happen when you're around, don't they, Halliday?”
― Bobby Underwood, The Turquoise Shroud