Simin Daneshvar quotes

“I wish the world was run by women. Women who have given birth and know the value of their creation.”
-- Simin Daneshvar

Source : "Savushun". Book by Simin Daneshvar, www.theguardian.com. 1969.

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“Simple people have much to offer. We, too, in return, must give to them to the best of our abilities. We must, with all our heart, try to help them acquire what they truly deserve.”
-- Simin Daneshvar

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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“I met a keen observer who gave me a tip: 'If you run across a restaurant where you often see priests eating with priests, or sporting girls with sporting girls, you may be confident that it is good. Those are two classes of people who like to eat well and get their money's worth.'”

Source : A. J. Liebling (2016). “Between Meals: An Appetite for Paris”, p.59, North Point Press

“An eternity of wishing to speak directly to my Creator - I thought in despair - and this is how He finally contacts me? Through AOL Instant Messenger?”

“Joys, which we do not know, we do not wish.”

“Never impose your language on people you wish to reach.”

Source : Abbie Hoffman (1968). “Revolution for the hell of it”

“Sometimes we wish the world could cry and tell us about that which made it pregnant with fear-filling grandeur. Sometimes we wish our own heart would speak of that which made it heavy with wonder.”

“It's always something to get one's wish, even if the wish is a failure.”

Source : Ada Leverson (1951). “The limit”

“I wish I came from a more pure place. I don't have something to say from the bottom of my soul. I just know how to take stuff I like and repackage it in a slightly different way.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“Keeping up appearances is the most expensive thing in the world.”

“First Conjuration Addressed to Emperor Lucifer. Emperor Lucifer, Master and Prince of Rebellious Spirits, I adjure thee to leave thine abode, in what-ever quarter of the world it may be situated and come hither to communicate with me.”

“I thought religion would make me live with my head in the clouds, but as often as not, it grounds me in this world.”