BIRTHDAY

“Why this candle?
Why this cake?
The day of my birth
is not today.
I was born
when you said, ‘Hey.’”

Kamand Kojouri

“The thing about love is that you will never run out of it. It’s an ever-flowing river. So go ahead and love. What are you saving all this love for — death?”

Kamand Kojouri

“She might not have read many books. But when she reads a book, she swallows the very words. If you open the books on her shelves, you will find that the front and back covers encase white pages.”

Kamand Kojouri

“Why wait to forgive and let go only after you have sufficiently wallowed in your despair? Why not forgive and let go now?”

Kamand Kojouri

“I became an artist because I wanted to be an active participant in the conversation about art.”

Kamand Kojouri

“To begin to know ourselves we must have sincere conversations with ourselves as if with a good friend. We must answer without reserve, listen without judgement, and accept without condition. That is self-love.”

Kamand Kojouri

“I cannot imagine how much I must’ve suffered in my previous lives to be fortunate enough to have parents like you in this life.”

Kamand Kojouri

“May we always be burdened with thinking of the suffering of others, for that is what it means to be human.”

Kamand Kojouri

“Speak to me: I will spend my lifetime to understand you.”

Kamand Kojouri