Better Than War Quotes

“They each carried a world of familiarity in their face, and there were a million other things they carried in their faces, indications of the particular world that they had each become familiar with, but all it took was one thing from the world they shared, from the street they shared, which was the essence of the world and the street, because discovery was something shared almost by definition.”
― Siamak Vossoughi, Better Than War: Stories

“What could you do with the town you grew up in besides dream of leaving it and know that you were going to miss it like hell?”
― Siamak Vossoughi, Better Than War: Stories