WHAT WE CARRY Quotes

“Trauma spreads. Through people who never agreed to carry it.”
― Sima B. Moussavian, WHAT WE CARRY

“The point is trauma never ends. It accumulates, then moves. It finds another address. Another surname. Another child.”
― Sima B. Moussavian, WHAT WE CARRY

“Darkness never asks what you mean. It only tells you what to do.”
― Sima B. Moussavian, WHAT WE CARRY

“Silence is where people find out what they already know.”
― Sima B. Moussavian, WHAT WE CARRY

“Places keep scents; scents are memories. That’s why grief always finds its way home.”
― Sima B. Moussavian, WHAT WE CARRY

“Trust arrives too early in most lives. What keeps people alive is doubt.”
― Sima B. Moussavian, WHAT WE CARRY

“A man isn't lost if somebody still expects him back.”
― Sima B. Moussavian, WHAT WE CARRY

“Childhood dreams are cruel. Most die quietly like candle smoke and leave only a faint scent of what could have been. Yet some return, wearing new faces.”
― Sima B. Moussavian, WHAT WE CARRY

“The greatest act of love is trusting someone airg every they are.”
― Sima B. Moussavian, WHAT WE CARRY