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[The king] would assure me, a long time later, that he had said "I love you" to only three women. "One of them is you," he told me.

— Farah Pahlavi An Enduring Love: My Life with the Shah (2004)

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I never thought that a person's worth came from birth or wealth, and much later when I was queen, and then in exile, I had ample proof of it.

An Enduring Love: My Life with the Shah (2004)

I shall never forget the tears in the eyes of the shah the day we left Iran. In that deserted runway and in the aircraft, my only thought was whether it was the last time or would [we ever] return.

I try to forget about the bitter past as I [also] recommend for my fellow countrymen. I do not live in the past, I live in the present, always hoping for a brighter future. This is my message to all my countrymen.

Regardless of all the pressures upon them, people are fighting bravely against this suppression. The success of Iranians all across the world is also the happiest thought. What I always say is that goodwill wins over bad.

The king was not marrying a princess; he was not giving in to the convention of arranged marriages between families of royal blood. No, he had fallen in love with a "little Iranian girl" and, as in fairy tails, he was going to follow his heart.

An Enduring Love: My Life with the Shah (2004)

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