Behnood Amini

“کوه با نخستين سنگ‌ها آغاز مي‌شود
و انسان با نخستين درد.

در من زندانی ستمگری بود
که به آواز زنجیرش خو نمی کرد-
من با نخستین نگاه تو آغاز شدم.”
― شاملو

“Often a man wishes to be alone and a girl wishes to be alone too and if they love each other they are jealous of that in each other, but I can truly say we never felt that. We could feel alone when we were together, alone against the others. But we were never lonely and never afraid when we were together.”
― Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms

“The only lies for which we are truly punished are those we tell ourselves.”
― V. S. Naipaul, In a Free State