“When I first left Iran at the age of 13, Iran had become such a shining star - it was the point to which all my desires and dreams returned.” FirstsDreamAgeDesireLeftStarsShiningIranShining StarShining Down Author:Azar Nafisi
“To lovers, I devise their imaginary world, with whatever they may need, as the stars of the sky, the red, red roses by the wall, the snow of the hawthorn, the sweet strains of music, and aught else they may desire to figure to each other the lastingness and beauty of their love.” WorldLoveNeedsMayDesireStarsSkyFiguresSweetWallLoversRedRoseSnowImaginaryStrainRed RoseImaginary World Author:Williston Fish
“Like a goddess on her azure hill, the star of my ambition, the mistress of my dream; a thing apart, that we can worship, but not touch; a wild desire, that, in the madness of the thought, soars higher in its dignity, and leaves me weeping in the dust.” DreamDesireStarsHigherAmbitionWorshipDignityMadnessDustHillsGoddessSoarLeaving MeMistressWeepingMy AmbitionAzure Book:Imogen: And Other Poems Source: Imogen: And Other Poems