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“You’re the only person who never wanted me to change.”
― Darius the Great Is Not Okay
― Darius the Great Is Not Okay
“How could I be a tourist in my own past?”
― Darius the Great Is Not Okay
― Darius the Great Is Not Okay
“In theory, taarof means putting others before yourself. In practice, it means when someone comes to your house, you have to offer them food; but since your guest is supposed to taarof, they have to refuse; and then you, the host, must taarof back, insisting that it's really no trouble at all, and that they absolutely must eat; and so on, until one party gets too bewildered and finally gives in... It's not an American Social Cue. When Mom met Dad's parents for the first time, they offered her a drink, which she politely declined- and that was that. She really did want something to drink, but she didn't know how to go about asking.”
― Darius the Great Is Not Okay
― Darius the Great Is Not Okay
“This was another taarof: Sohrab giving me his nicer cleats. And invoking my being a guest was one of the strongest strategies you could employ in taarof.”
― Darius the Great Is Not Okay
― Darius the Great Is Not Okay
“How was it?' 'It was...' I didn't know what to say. How could I explain Mamou and Babou and Sohrab and football and the rooftop to someone who had never experienced them? How could I talk about them when I still felt the ache?”
― Darius the Great Is Not Okay
― Darius the Great Is Not Okay
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