Amir

“Farzaneh was aflame and her wailing melted everyone's hearts. Parvaneh had lost control of herself and was flapping madly around her brother, while Masoud got up off his knees beside his brother, clenched his fists, like two balls of fire, to his head and screamed: ``I'll kill them, I'll kill the bastards who killed my brothers...''. His rallying cry was taken up by the crowd, and from that point on Mohammad-Taqi's corpse was no longer ours - it has become public property.”
― Mahmoud Dowlatabadi, The Colonel

“A man without hope is nothing but an insect, a mindless creature with no future. And a man without a future can only go backwards.”
― Mahmoud Dowlatabadi, The Colonel

“پدر می‌گفت: «زمانی که آدم ثروتمند می‌شود در هر سنی که باشد احساس پیری می‌کند»”
― عباس معروفی, سمفونی مردگان

“But a coward cannot kill in cold blood. A coward usually talks about humanity and morals, to hide his fear behind such waffle. Such people are just chicken.”
― Mahmoud Dowlatabadi, The Colonel