Character: Mrs. Hashemi

- A young man will have the right to expect love from me and, perhaps, will leave me when he sees that I cannot give him anything like that. Rich young people, you yourself know, have the ability to get rid of their wives very easily. And this scarecrow, as you have deigned to express, cannot expect anything from me except what I intend to provide to him.

How much longer can I endure in this damn world filled with cruelty.

And what do men only need? We are fed, dressed, and at home, and with our love we give them before we go to sleep. And they are all unhappy.

You will be much less of a hassle if you let your dad think what he wants, rather than trying to explain to him what it really is.

- It's just that life is beginning to educate you, baby.

It's amazing that only you, virtuous girls, can afford it, and no one will say a word about you.

I picked up awful jargon from my children and completely forgot how to speak decently.

He's absolutely crazy, but absolutely harmless. And at the same time unusually smart.

Well really I broke your heart, Mr. Mangan? I didn't know that you have it! Well, how was I to know?

The human soul is never black or white, it mixed stuff.