My Name Is Aram Quotes

“He got up and stalked out of the house, slamming the screen door.
My mother explained.
He has a gentle heart, she said. It is simply that he is homesick and such a large man.”
― William Saroyan, My Name Is Aram

“Խեղճուկրակ... Անկարելի է այս մի բառը անգլերեն թարգմանել։ Չկա սակայն ավելի վշտալի բան կյանքում և աշխարհում, քան խեղճուկրակը։”
― William Saroyan, My Name Is Aram

“How can you talk if you don’t say anything? I said.
You talk without words. We are always talking without words.
Well, what good are words, then?
Not very good, most of the time. Most of the time they’re only good to keep back what you really want to say, or something you don’t want known.”
― William Saroyan, My Name Is Aram

“My uncle Khosrove became very irritated and shouted, It’s no harm. What is the loss of a horse? Haven’t we all lost the homeland? What is this crying over a horse?”
― William Saroyan, My Name Is Aram

“—Tú hablas sin palabras. Todos estamos siempre hablando sin palabras.
—¿Y para qué valen las palabras, entonces?
—No valen para mucho, casi nunca. La mayor parte de las veces, únicamente para ocultar aquello que realmente quieres decir, o algo que quieres saber.”
― William Saroyan, My Name Is Aram