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“Freeing yourself from others is actually quite easy. What is difficult, perhaps impossible, is to free yourself from yourself.”
― Mahmoud Dowlatabadi, Missing Soluch

“گاه آدم، خود آدم عشق است. بودنش عشق است. رفتن و نگاه کردنش عشق است. دست و قلبش عشق است. در تو عشق می جوشد بی آنکه ردش را بشناسی. بی آنکه بدانی از کجا در تو پیدا شده، روییده، شاید نخواهی هم. شاید هم بخواهی و ندانی. نتوانی که بدانی...”
― محمود دولت‌آبادی, جای خالی سلوچ

“The only time a man can raise his head among people is when his shoulders have been drenched in sweat. A man is someone who, if you slap him on the back, dust rises from his shirt!”
― Mahmoud Dowlatabadi, Missing Soluch

“No, youth remains, if only hidden. Like something that is shameful, hidden in the far corners of the soul. It does not show itself, yet nevertheless it remains. It remains, wound up tightly inside, and given an opportunity or a momentary respite, it may show itself in the light of day.”
― Mahmoud Dowlatabadi, Missing Soluch