Prisoner of Tehran Quotes

“تمنيت لو كان العالم مكاناً بسيطاً كل الناس فيه اما أخيار أو أشرار.”
― Marina Nemat, Prisoner of Tehran

“سوف تقدرينه عندما تكبرين. عندما تكونين بحاجة للبكاء دون أن يعلم أحد أنك تبكين، يمكنك تقطيع البصل.”
― Marina Nemat, Prisoner of Tehran

“الحزن أمر غريب! إنه يتخذ أشكالاً وألواناً متعددة. تساءلت دوماً هل تمكن أحد من تحديدها كلها وإعطائها أسماءً وهمية.”
― فاطمة ناعوت, Prisoner of Tehran

“Now that I was lying safely in my bed, it had become much easier to be brave.”
― Marina Nemat, Prisoner of Tehran

“إن الصمت و الظلام يتشابهان إلى حد بعيد، فالظلام غياب للضوء، و الصمت غياب للأصوات.”
― فاطمة ناعوت, Prisoner of Tehran

“Each tombstone was like the cover of a book that had been sealed forever.”
― Marina Nemat, Prisoner of Tehran

“تمنيت ان اعفو عنه ولا كن العفو لا ياتي دفعه واحده كهديه مغلفه بشريط احمرانما ياتي تدريجيا بالاضافه الي ذلك لن يمحو العفو اثار الالم اللذي سببه لي سوف يلازمني هذا الالم ما حيت لاكن هذا العفو سيساعدني ان اتسامي عن الماضي اواجه كل ما حذث كان عليه ان اصرفه عن ذهني كلي احرر نفسي منه
" مارينا”
― مارينا نعمت, Prisoner of Tehran

“Moving to America felt as splitting and eternal as death.”
― Marina Nemat, Prisoner of Tehran

“You have to know that death is only a step we have to take to reach the other world and live, only in a different way.”
― Marina Nemat, Prisoner of Tehran

“Nos da miedo preguntar porque nos da miedo saber.”
― Marina Nemat, Prisoner of Tehran

“But love had its way of doing things; it was like spring crawling into the skin of the earth at the end of winter. Each day the temperature rose just a little, tree branches swelled with new buds, the sun remained in the sky moments longer than the previous day, and before you knew it, the world was filled with warmth and color.”
― Marina Nemat, Prisoner of Tehran

“I closed my eyes and wondered if heaven had a Lost and Found. I had left many things behind.”
― Marina Nemat, Prisoner of Tehran

“When I entered the kitchen, Grandma was chopping onions, tears rolling down her face. My eyes started to burn.

"I hate raw onions," I said.

"You'll appreciate them once you get older. Then, when you need torch and you don't want anyone to know you're crying, you can just chop onions.”
― Marina Nemat, Prisoner of Tehran

“Child, we can't see the face of God with these eyes, but with our souls. You have to know that death is only a step we have to take to reach the other world and live, only in a different way.”
― Marina Nemat, Prisoner of Tehran

“كيف يمكن لكل هذا الجمال أن يوجد في هذا العالم القاسي ؟”
― مارينا نعمت, Prisoner of Tehran