Shusha Guppy Quotes:
Ocupation: Writer
Life: December 24, 1935 - March 21, 2008
Birthday: December 24
Death: March 21
The verb 'to love' in Persian is 'to have a friend.' 'I love you' translated literally is 'I have you as a friend,' and 'I don't like you' simply means 'I don't have you as a friend.
source: Shusha Guppy (2004). “The Blindfold Horse: Memories of a Persian Childhood”, p.212, Tauris Parke Paperbacks
topic: Love, Mean, Verbs, Persian, I Don't Like You
