What We Owe Quotes

“Sand streams down to the earth because that's where it belongs. We can lift it, capture it, transport it. But even after oceans of time pass by, even after we've carried it across thousands of miles, sand will seek the earth again when the opportunity arises. So we are all brought back to our origins.”
― Golnaz Hashemzadeh Bonde, What We Owe: Dayton Literary Peace Prize Winner on Mothers, Daughters, and Exile Between Iran and Sweden

“Sand streams down to the earth because that's where it belongs. We can lift it, capture it, transport it. But even after oceans of time pass by, even after we've carried it across thousands of miles, sand will seek the earth again when the opportunity arises. So we are all bought back to our origins.”
― Golnaz Hashemzadeh Bonde, What We Owe: Dayton Literary Peace Prize Winner on Mothers, Daughters, and Exile Between Iran and Sweden