Space Between Us QUOTES

1 " مادرم معمولا موهايش را صاف روي شانه ها مي ريخت. مگر يكشنبه ها كه با ده ها سنجاق جمعشان مي كرد بالاي سر. هر بار هنوز مراسم كليسا تمام نشده، سنجاق ها از لاي موها سر مي خورد و موهايش دوباره ولو مي شد روي شانه. عصر يكشنبه اي كه مادربزرگ ناهار مهمان ما بود و از توي بشقاب برش يك سنجاق سر بيرون آورد، مادرم موهايش را براي هميشه كوتاه كرد "

― Zoya Pirzad , Space Between Us

3 " It was my mother who bought me green ink for the first time, along with the fountain pen she gave me as a gift to mark my graduation from high school.
When I asked ‘Why green?’ she laughed and shrugged. ‘I don’t know, maybe just because it’s different from black and blue.’
My father smirked. ’It’s different from black and blue!’ Madam insists that all of her things be different from those of other people.’
My mother looked at him for a few moments and then turned to me. Nowadays she had to look up at me to meet my eyes, and I had to lean down to kiss her. She said, ‘Write something, see if you like it.’
On the corner of the Alik newspaper that was delivered to our house in the afternoon for my father, I wrote, ‘Green ink is different from all other inks. I like people and things that are different. "

― Zoya Pirzad , Space Between Us