Mahbod Seraji Quotes

• Sometimes I find myself sitting in one spot for hours, staring at nothing, thinking of nothing, feeling nothing, and most disturbingly, caring about nothing.

  Mahbod Seraji

  Caring, Thinking, Feelings

  Mahbod Seraji (2009). “Rooftops of Tehran: A Novel”, p.209, Penguin

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• Seventeen's not a good age. That's when you realize that you have a heart. That's when feelings get in the way of thinking.

  Mahbod Seraji

  Heart, Thinking, Feelings

  Mahbod Seraji (2009). “Rooftops of Tehran: A Novel”, p.216, Penguin

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• Sometimes it's easier not to think about things you can't do anything about.

  Mahbod Seraji

  Thinking, Sometimes, Easier

  Mahbod Seraji (2009). “Rooftops of Tehran: A Novel”, p.91, Penguin

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• I promptly said that life was a random series of beautifully composed vignettes, loosely tied together by a string of characters and time.

  Mahbod Seraji

  Character, Together, Vignettes

  Mahbod Seraji (2009). “Rooftops of Tehran: A Novel”, p.10, Penguin

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• This is a massive world, I think, and in each centimeter of it, a different drama unfolds every second of the day. But we live on as if the next moment in our lives will be no different than the last. How foolish we all are.

  Mahbod Seraji

  Drama, Thinking, Different

  Mahbod Seraji (2009). “Rooftops of Tehran: A Novel”, p.103, Penguin

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• It might take an act of God to convince some Americans that parts of their government are corrupt, but at the same time, you cannot, under any circumstances, persuade an Iranian that his government is not corrupt!

  Mahbod Seraji

  Government, Might, Circumstances

  Mahbod Seraji (2009). “Rooftops of Tehran: A Novel”, p.268, Penguin

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• Trust me. A storm is brewing inside this cool cat now. She'll gradually break down and you'll see what's behind the clouds.

  Mahbod Seraji

  Life, Cat, Clouds

  Mahbod Seraji (2009). “Rooftops of Tehran: A Novel”, p.55, Penguin

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• Loving is a laborious and complex business.

  Mahbod Seraji

  Complexes

  Mahbod Seraji (2009). “Rooftops of Tehran: A Novel”, p.66, Penguin

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• People do amazing things for love. Books are full of wonderful stories about this kind of stuff, and stories aren’t just fantasies, you know. They’re so much a part of the people who write them that they practically teach their readers invaluable lessons about life.

  Mahbod Seraji

  Book, Writing, People

  Mahbod Seraji (2009). “Rooftops of Tehran: A Novel”, p.21, Penguin

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