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“You’re the only person who never wanted me to change.”
― Darius the Great Is Not Okay
― Darius the Great Is Not Okay
“Henry’s novel The Portrait of a Lady was written in thrall to Darwin’s idea of female choice as a force in evolution.”
― The Agile Gene: How Nature Turns on Nurture – Free Will, the Human Genome, and Behavior
― The Agile Gene: How Nature Turns on Nurture – Free Will, the Human Genome, and Behavior
“I knew soccer/non-American football jerseys weren't cheap. Sohrab could have used that money on some new cleats for himself, but he had gotten me the jersey instead. "Are you okay, Darioush?" "Yeah. Yeah." I blinked some more. "It's just really, really nice." It made me feel like I belonged.”
― Darius the Great Is Not Okay
― Darius the Great Is Not Okay
“This was another taarof: Sohrab giving me his nicer cleats. And invoking my being a guest was one of the strongest strategies you could employ in taarof.”
― Darius the Great Is Not Okay
― Darius the Great Is Not Okay
“But even as I laughed, I thought about how Mamou and Mrs. Rezaei and Sohrab had danced this dance together before. How they had celebrated Nowruz together before. How Mamou had kissed Sohrab on both cheeks and invited him inside for tea before. More times than anyone could count. My chest imploded. Just a little bit. I hated how Sohrab had a larger share of my grandmother's life than I did.”
― Darius the Great Is Not Okay
― Darius the Great Is Not Okay
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