Mourning is not forbidden, you know. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes forbid mourn
I wish the world was run by women. Women who have given birth and know the value of their creation. Simin Daneshvar birthcreationrun Change image and share on social
Simple people have much to offer. We, too, in return, must give to them to the best of our abilities. We must, with all our heart, try to help them acquire what they truly deserve. Simin Daneshvar abilityacquiredeserve Change image and share on social
My particular pain is that the world of Jewishness that I identify with - the extremely assimilated, educated European and Russian Jews in the 19th and 20th centuries - is lost, and is not mourned enough. Tom Reiss 19th20thassimilate share on social
Knowing some Greek helped defuse forbidding words - not that I counted much on using them. You'll find only trace elements of this language in the poem. James Merrill countdefuseelement Change image and share on social
