Malihe bayat

“To survive, you must tell stories.”
― Umberto Eco, The Island of the Day Before

“تو ماه را
بیشتر از همه دوست می داشتی
و حالا
ماه هر شب
تو را به یاد من می آورد
می خواهم فراموشت کنم
اما این ماه
با هیچ دستمالی
از پنجره ها پاک نمی شود”
― رسول یونان

“I shall never forget how I was roused one night by the groans of a fellow prisoner, who threw himself about in his sleep, obviously having a horrible nightmare. Since I had always been especially sorry for people who suffered from fearful dreams or deliria, I wanted to wake the poor man. Suddenly I drew back the hand which was ready to shake him, frightened at the thing I was about to do. At that moment I became intensely conscious of the fact that no dream, no matter how horrible, could be as bad as the reality of the camp which surrounded us, and to which I was about to recall him.”
― Viktor E. Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning

“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
― Mae West