01UndatedArt doesn’t give rise to anything in us that isn’t already there. It simply stirs our curious consciousness and sparks a fire that illuminates who we have always wanted to be.Kamand Kojouri / quote ↗
02UndatedWe are told that in translation there is no such thing as equivalence. Many times the translator reaches a fork in the translating road where they must make a choice in the interpretation of a word. And each time they make one of these choices, they are taken further from the truth. But what we aren’t told is that this isn’t a shortcoming of translation; it’s a shortcoming of language itself. As soon as we try to put reality into words, we limit it. Words are not reality, they are the cause of reality, and thus reality is always more. Writers aren't alchemists who transmute words into the aurous essence of the human experience. No, they are glassmakers. They create a work of art that enables us to see inside to help us understand. And if they are really good, we can see our own reflections staring back at us.Kamand Kojouri / quote ↗
03UndatedPoetry isn’t an island, it is the bridge. Poetry isn’t a ship, it is the lifeboat. Poetry isn’t swimming. Poetry is water.Kamand Kojouri / quote ↗
04UndatedIt is a dangerous thing to substitute reading or writing for living. Live first, then write.Kamand Kojouri / quote ↗
05UndatedThere is no revelation in my words. I am merely stating what others have forgotten to write down.Kamand Kojouri / quote ↗
07UndatedWe are all born as storytellers. Our inner voice tells the first story we ever hear.Kamand Kojouri / quote ↗
09UndatedShe was in awe of all his work. 'How do you do it?" she asked.He smiled and said, 'By loving you.Kamand Kojouri / quote ↗
11UndatedI am going to build a fortress of books.Will you come inside and live with me?Kamand Kojouri / quote ↗
13UndatedFor what was it about books that once finished left the reader in a bit of a haze and made them reread the last few sentences in order to continue the ringing in their hearts a while longer, so as not to let the silence illumine the fact that reading, they had gained something — distance, a lesson, a companion, a new world — but now, after the last full stop, they had lost something palpable and felt a little emptier than before.Kamand Kojouri / quote ↗
14UndatedOh, how scary and wonderful it is that words can change our lives simply by being next to each other.Kamand Kojouri / quote ↗
15UndatedI think, therefore I am?No, I simply am.I am. I am. I am.I will still be if I didn't think. In fact, it is only then that I would step into a different dimension of consciousness.Yes, I will still be if I didn't think. I will still be if I stopped breathing. I will still be because you still are. My words are written and you are receiving them. We are dancing. We are making love.And when you stop reading them, they will still be because nothing ever truly ceases to exist. There is not a thing that is not. Every thought, energy, and vibration is recycled. I am and I will continue to be because I manifest as the universe, therefore I will continue to manifest as the universe.Kamand Kojouri / quote ↗
16UndatedLast night, I spoke to God.I told Him my plans. He started to cry.I thought I was great to move The Greatest to tears.He said that He was crying only becausemy plans were very differentthan His plans for me.Kamand Kojouri / quote ↗
18UndatedBecause you have been blessed with the gift of life, it is your duty to help others. We are all responsible for one another.Kamand Kojouri / quote ↗
19UndatedYou want to become a better person?Just give thanks. Give thanks for all of it.Kamand Kojouri / quote ↗
20UndatedAnd then one day you realise that if you want to be rich, you'd have to give away almost everything you own.Kamand Kojouri / quote ↗
21UndatedThey took my booksbecause my message was love.They took my penbecause my words were love.Then they took my voicebecause my song was love.Soon they’ll take myselfso nothing remains.But they don’t know that when I'm gonemy love will stay.Kamand Kojouri / quote ↗
22UndatedWorry notif you are in darknessand the void sucks you in further.This is not the place we go to die.It’s where we are bornand our stories begin.Kamand Kojouri / quote ↗
23UndatedLet borders become sunlight so we traverse this Earth as one nation and drive the darkness out.Kamand Kojouri / quote ↗
