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Peach Roses For Tehran: A Cross-Cultural Love Story

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“So that's what a heart looks like, inside us?’ ‘Yes. Humans have a habit of leaving their hearts everywhere... On tree barks, ancient temples, solitary caves. Sometimes they even give it away to the wrong person. Remember, Q, if you must give your heart away, give it to the one who can hold it well. For the heart is a very fragile thing: held too tight, life seeps out of it. Held too loose, it withers from longing.”

“The opposite of a correct statement is an incorrect statement. The opposite of a profound truth is another profound truth (Niels Bohr)." By this, he means that we require a larger reading of the human past, of our relations with each other, the universe and God, a retelling of our older tales to encompass many truths and to let us grow with change.”