“My baba says the only society worth living in is one where everyone has access to food, shelter, clean water, and health services.”
― The Lion Women of Tehran
― The Lion Women of Tehran
“Don't worry so much about the clouds that you miss the flowers at your feet.”
― Savor It
― Savor It
“Lionesses. Us. Can't you just see it Ellie? Someday, you and me — we'll do great things. We'll live life for ourselves. And we will help others. We are cubs now, maybe. But we will grow to be lionesses. Strong women who will make things happen.”
― The Lion Women of Tehran
― The Lion Women of Tehran
“And then. We lost touch.
Our bond should have been impossible to fray and then disintegrate. But as time took us each in a different direction, it was astonishingly simple for our connection to dissolve.”
― The Lion Women of Tehran
Our bond should have been impossible to fray and then disintegrate. But as time took us each in a different direction, it was astonishingly simple for our connection to dissolve.”
― The Lion Women of Tehran
“It was books. I read and read. Went to the library as much as I could. And to bookstores. Lost myself in books. Did you know that books can heal you? They helped restore me.”
― The Lion Women of Tehran
― The Lion Women of Tehran
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