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L’Avventura, Michelangelo Antonioni, 1960

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Who needs beautiful things nowadays, Claudia? How long will they last? Back then, they built for the ages. But today, how long do things last? 10, 20 years, and then? Who knows?

L’Avventura (1960) dir. Michelangelo Antonioni

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Rebecca (1940) // Phantom Thread (2017)

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me when the group project is on a deadline and no one’s done any work

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“Kiss me, my girl, before I’m sick.”

Phantom Thread (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2017)

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“هم جان بدان دو نرگس جادو سپرده‌ایم هم دل بدان دو سنبل هندو نهاده‌ایم Her magical, iris eyes demand my life Her hyacinth curls command my heart”

— Hafiz

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زندگی نوبر انجیر سیاه، در دهان گس تابستان است Life is the first harvest of figs, in summer’s dry mouth

Sohrab Sepehri (via honeyandelixir)

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من دختر ترنج و پریزادم I, a girl from bergamot trees         and fairy lands.

Simin Behbahani (via honeyandelixir)

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“There is no such thing as early or late in life,” Aziz said. “Everything happens at the right time.”

لا يوجد شيء يحدث في وقت مبكر أو متأخر في الحياة. كل شيء يحدث في الوقت المناسب

— The Forty Rules of Love | Elif Shafak

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Plaisir d’amour en Iran (Agnès Varda, 1976)

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My joints as I stand up after having been sitting for awhile:

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Plaisir d’amour en Iran (Agnès Varda, 1976)

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It’s true I love you In this rain I wanted you To be sitting at the end of the street So I could pass by And say hi I wanted your smile in the rain I want To pour into the sea for you All the words that I know I want to be born again To see the world To not know the color of pine To forget my own name To look in the mirror again To not know I have a shirt To not say today The words of yesterday To prepare the house for you To buy you a suitcase For you to ask the meaning of travel from me To fish new words from the sea To wash the words To die so much Until I come alive

- Ahmadreza Ahmadi [contemporary Persian poet]

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خوبی یا بهتر؟

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دل به دل راه داره

— There is telepathy between hearts

A Persian expression used to explain how and why two hearts feel in the same way

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“Perhaps, the red in our carpets and our rugs mean more than just the attractive vibrant colour. Perhaps, the red signifies battle wounds, decades of struggle and  hardship, independence. Perhaps, it sets to remind us of where we came from, our roots.  All the patterns and shapes, each telling a different narrative. Perhaps it’s to show the hands of the tireless artist that weaved each section, for days, weeks. Perhaps, the red signifies love.  Burning passion. Fuel. Solidarity with our people. Perhaps, the red is just red. Like blue and green. Perhaps, it’s everything and nothing. Perhaps, the red is apart of a bigger artistic story, one that we cannot understand yet.”

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Plaisir d’amour en Iran (Agnès Varda, 1976)