#iran

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. ↗

— Azar Nafisi

#become #desires #dreams #first #had

The United States, and the president's made this clear, does not want Iran to develop a nuclear weapon. That's a red line for us. And it's a red line obviously for the Israelis so we share a common goal here. ↗

— Leon Panetta

#common #common goal #develop #does #goal

What I want the Congress of the United States to do, and frankly what I would like to see the President of the United States of America do, is speak a word of support to the people of Iran. ↗

— Mike Pence

#congress #frankly #i #iran #like

In any event, the problem in Iran is much bigger than weapons. The problem is the terrorist regime that seeks the weapons. The regime must go. ↗

— Richard Perle

#bigger #event #go #iran #much

The fact is that Iran doesn't want to see the Taliban come back any more than do most Afghan citizens. ↗

— David Petraeus

#any #back #citizens #come #fact

It's true that, in Iran, women have half of the rights men do. And yet 66 per cent of students are women. ↗

— Marjane Satrapi

#half #iran #men #per #rights

Israel has many hopes, and faces extreme dangers. The most prominent danger is Iran, which is making every effort to acquire nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles, and establishing an enormous terror network together with Syria in Lebanon. ↗

— Ariel Sharon

#ballistic #danger #dangers #effort #enormous

She shouldn’t have been beautiful—she was too forward, too freckled, too thin. Still… Oh, to hell with it all. He wasn’t hungry, anyway. He reached out and took her hand, drawing her to him. She drifted near, until she was close enough to kiss. Close enough for him to see the green of her eyes, widening as he turned her hand over, palm up. “There’s something I’ve wanted to do since the first moment I saw you,” he said. It came out close to a whisper. “Oh?” He could feel the puff of breath from that word against his nose. “Don’t even think of arguing.” She shook her head. Her lips opened, an impossible, inviting fraction. He set the fork in the palm of her hand and closed his fingers tightly around hers. “I want you to eat,” he said. ↗

— Courtney Milan - Unraveled

#beauty

Penulis fiksi tidak bisa menyimpan rahasia. Untuk menyampaikan pesan kepada orang lain, seorang penulis harus bisa membuka dirinya - seluas dan sedalam mungkin - untuk dicela, dicemooh dan dilihat orang. Ini resiko profesi. Fiksi adalah bentuk tulisan paling jujur yang akan pernah kau temui. Imajinasi adalah manifestasi pikiran, iman, serta ketakutan. Tiga hal yang membentuk pribadi manusia. Tanpa imajinasi, kita - penulis - tidak punya apa-apa. ~ Winter Dreams ↗

— Maggie Tiojakin

#pikiran #dreams

Why is it that when your life is at a breaking point, every freaking song on the radio relates to it. If I heard one more sad song, I was going to rip the radio out of the dash and toss it out on the road. ↗

— Jennifer Foor

#monologue #family