Rooftops of Tehran
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promptly said that life was a random series of beautifully composed vignettes, loosely tied
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together by a string of characters and time. My father’s
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Engineer. In my dreams I major in literature and study the philosophy of the ancient Greeks, evolution, Marxism, psychoanalysis, Erfan, and Buddhism. Or, I major in film and become a writer or a director, someone who has something worthwhile to say.
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We Persians as a people are too deeply immersed in misery to resist despair when it knocks on our door.
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People who insist on sticking their noses into other people’s business seldom know what to say or do.
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This is a historic night for both of us. We’re experiencing the first major personal crisis of our young lives. It’s sad, but I must admit, on some level it’s also exciting. It makes me feel grown-up.
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Our therapist is time. We trust that time heals everything, and that there is no need to dwell on pain. We don’t seek psychological treatment because we’re not as fragile as the Westerners, or so we claim. Psychological interventions are designed to cure the mind, not the spirit.
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Doctor believes we might rebel for cultural, religious, or political reasons, but never to destroy the wealthy.
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He believed that the rise of religious fundamentalism would create insurmountable new barriers to attaining democracy in Iran.
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Crime, therefore, can be defined as an offense committed by an individual of inferior status in society. Punishment is a consequence forced on the perpetrator of the crime only if he occupies one of the lower steps of the social ladder.
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Centuries of misery under the dominance of the Moguls, Arabs, and internal despotic rulers have conditioned us to stick together and help each other through unpleasant situations.
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She reminds me that there must be death so that there can be life, that there must be lies so that there can be truth, that there must be darkness so that there can be light.
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Nostalgia envelops me as I think of the past, when innocence ruled and wickedness existed only in the minds of imaginative storytellers.
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