Цитаты из книги The Nights Are Quiet in Tehran

Marching in step towards freedom, no questions anymore, no questions anywhere, all around us nothing but the answer we had prophesied for so long.

In a revolution, the crowd takes over your thinking, the crowd replaces your judgement.

Khomeini is on television and he is speaking as Rahbare Enghelab, Leader of the Revolution. A chamber of horrors, full of demons and greed, is reflected in his lined face.

Suddenly you are asking yourself what on earth you were thinking, doing nothing but sitting and talking; did you think a revolution would drive itself forward, with just the knowledge in people’s heads and the printed words in the car boot? Did you think political campaigns are political simply because they’re secret?