Quote of the day
"So she lived in a state of perpetual loss--the runner who gives her all to the race and always comes short. She couldn't give up the fight and couldn't quite win and so she was caught between the pride of battle and the shame of defeat. And in that state, in that place where rest was impossible and wanting led only to more sorrow, she bore me expecting that I, at least, would not fail.
What if you bet your whole life on a single wish, and lost?"
Yaas describes her mother in
Caspian Rain by Gina Nahai
This
is a beautifully written but terribly sad story of class struggle,
familial dysfunction, and crushing loneliness set in Tehran during the
decade preceding the Islamic Revolution.
Comments
such a beautiful quote - heart-wrenching in its honesty and simplicity, but remarkably complex somehow. or maybe because i know that family relationships can be tough, i'm assigning some emotional turmoil to the words.
in any event, you make me want to read the book.