The Last Pomegranate Tree Quotes

“Tiştê herî bixof ew e ku tu bizanî însanek li hêviya te ye.”
― Bextiyar Elî, Hinara Dawî ya Dinyayê

“احساس کردم آن‌چه نمی‌گذارد نجات پیدا کنم جستجوی من برای آزادی است... انسان در دو وضعیت نیازمند هیچ نگهبانی نیست، وقتی آزادی در بیرون از خودش بی‌معنا می‌شود و آن دم که در زندان احساس آزادی می‌کند.”
― Bachtyar Ali, آخرین انار دنیا

“No, tonight I'm not going to tell you about Muhammad the Glass Hearted, Saryas-i Subhdam, Nadim-i Shazada, and their connection to a pomegranate tree that heals the blind. It's too early to reach the heart of our story. It seems as if we'll be out at sea for many more nights. And if God comes to our help and our story is cut short because we've reached some country's shores, if the coast guards detain and separate us, don't worry that you haven't heard the end of the story. You are right there at its end. This ferry marks the very end of the story. And if it sank tomorrow and one of the passengers managed to swim to shore, he could resume where I have left off. I could stop now and any one of you could carry on the story provided that your version too ends on this ferry. This ferry that is lost at sea, this ferry whose fate and direction are unknown. The ferry – since we have no idea where it will deposit us – is the only way this story ends.”
― Bachtyar Ali, The Last Pomegranate Tree