Firoozeh Dumas quotes:

Ever since we had arrived in the United States, my classmates kept asking me about magic carpets. - They don't exist-I always said. I was wrong. Magic carpets do exist. But they are called library cards.

My parents are highly evolved worriers. ... If worrying were an Olympic sport, my parents' faces would have graced the Wheaties box a long time ago.

Repose not trust in testing another's degree of honesty at the risk of one's loss in matters big, unless collateralized.

Without my relatives, I am but a thread; together, we form a colorful and elaborate Persian carpet.

My father's motto has always been 'Room in the heart, room in the house.' As charming as this sounds, it translates into a long line for the bathroom and extra loads of laundry for my mother.

Elinor Lipman is to tweets what Shakespeare is to sonnets.

Ever since we had arrived in the United States, my classmates kept asking me about magic carpets.

Most fruits, if left alone on a tree, eventually do ripen, especially if they're not being yelled at.

Marriage, in my culture, has nothing to do with romance. It's a matter of logic. If Mr. and Mrs. Ahmadi like Mr. and Mrs. Nejari, then their children should get married. On the other hand, if the parents don't like each other, but the children do, well, this is where sad poetry comes from.

Everyone except gamblers knows that gambling never pays. ... Losing, like winning, only increased his determination to play.

In America, Christmas is the king of all holidays. To be left out of Christmas is the ultimate minority experience.

It's not what we eat or don't eat that makes us good people; it's how we treat one another. As you grow older, you'll find that people of every religion think they're the best, but that's not true. There are good and bad people in every religion. Just because someone is Muslim, Jewish, or Christian doesn't mean a thing. You have to look and see what's in their hearts. That's the only thing that matters, and that's the only detail God cares about.