The Girl from the Garden Quotes

“Like Yakov, I am crying, for the beautiful face of Yousseff is my desire. Without you, the city is my prison. Wandering, the mountain and desert are my desire.”
― Parnaz Foroutan, The Girl from the Garden

“When wanting is louder than the thunder of a thousand hooves.”
― Parnaz Foroutan, The Girl from the Garden

“You burn with life, Kokab. I want to feel the world through you.”
― Parnaz Foroutan, The Girl from the Garden

“And so I must consider their pain? I, with my broken ribs, my broken pride?"
"Ribs mend. Pride another subject for another time. But how does one regain their humanity, once lost? How does man heal a darkness in his heart?”
― Parnaz Foroutan, The Girl from the Garden

“Not human, she thinks, angelic. Or human as meant to be before the dust of this world settles and dulls the shine.”
― Parnaz Foroutan, The Girl from the Garden

“August is an immeasurable distance from now, she thinks.”
― Parnaz Foroutan, The Girl from the Garden