In "The Summer of My Beautiful White Horse," Khosrove is at the barber shop having his "mustache" trimmed when his house, eight blocks away, catches fire. His son, Arak, runs to the shop to tell him but Khosrove simply sits up in his chair and roars:
"It is no harm; pay no attention to it."
The barber is so shocked by his relaxed attitude that he reiterates the news that Khosrove's house is on fire. Once again, Khosrove appears unconcerned by the event:
"Enough, it is no harm, I say."
This demonstrates Aram's point that Uncle Khosrove is indeed the "crazy" member of the Garoghlanian family. He sees no point in worrying about things that have already happened and this is shown later on when he has a conversation with the farmer, John Byro, who complains about losing his white horse. For Khosrove, there are bigger and more important issues to feel sad about, like losing the "homeland."
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