
“People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them.”
2016, Remarks to the People of Cuba (March 2016)
Context: Before 1959, some Americans saw Cuba as something to exploit, ignored poverty, enabled corruption. And since 1959, we’ve been shadow-boxers in this battle of geopolitics and personalities. I know the history, but I refuse to be trapped by it.
“People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them.”
“Trapped in life, only escape I know is death.”
"Hidden"
“I would feel real trapped in this life if I didn't know I could commit suicide at any time.”
“I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer”
“I just know that any time I undertake a case, I'm apt to run into some kind of a trap.”
Source: The Clue of the Broken Locket
“I was trapped in love
And this trap is enough for me.”
Haft Awrang, p. 101
Poetry, Poetry from Haft Awrang
"The Woman at the Washington Zoo," lines 14-19
The Woman at the Washington Zoo (1960)