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Setayesh The mermaid
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"There was not much difference between our jailers and Cincinnatus’s executioners. They invaded all private spaces and tried to shape every gesture, to force us to become one of them, and that in itself was another form of execution."
Oh just the way my tears are shedding...
— 4 hours, 8 min ago
Oh just the way my tears are shedding...
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Setayesh The mermaid
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"she who wanted so much more from life than she had been given?"
Till now this book has been a masterpiece for me
— Dec 20, 2025 10:22AM
Till now this book has been a masterpiece for me
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"This, then, is the story of Lolita in Tehran, how Lolita gave a different color to Tehran and how Tehran helped redefine Nabokov’s novel, turning it into this Lolita, our Lolita."
— Dec 18, 2025 11:31PM
Setayesh The mermaid
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For nearly two years, almost every Thursday morning, rain or shine, they came to my house, and almost every time, I could not get over the shock of seeing them shed their mandatory veils and robes and burst into color.
— Dec 17, 2025 06:04PM
