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Azar Nafisi Quotes

The more we die, the stronger we will become Picture Quote #1

America was based on a poetic vision. What will happen when it loses it's poetry? Picture Quote #1

Those who judge must take all aspects of an individual’s personality into account Picture Quote #1

It takes courage to die for a cause, but also to live for one Picture Quote #1

My passion has always been books and literature, and teaching Picture Quote #1

Memories have ways of becoming independent of the reality they evoke. They can soften us against those we were deeply hurt by or they can make us resent those we once accepted and loved unconditionally Picture Quote #1

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The revolution taught me not to be consoled by other people’s miseries, not to feel thankful because so many others had suffered more. Pain and loss, like love and joy, are unique and personal; they cannot be modified by comparison to others Picture Quote #1

When I walked down the streets, I asked myself, are these my people?, is this my hometown, am I who I am? Picture Quote #1

Reality has become so intolerable, she said, so bleak, that all I can paint now are the colors of my dreams Picture Quote #1

Most great works of the imagination were meant to make you feel like a stranger in your own home. The best fiction always forced us to question what we took for granted. It questioned traditions and expectations when they seemed to immutable Picture Quote #1

We all had to pay, but not for the crimes we were accused of. There were other scores to settle Picture Quote #1

There is little consolation in the fact that millions of people are unhappier than we are. Why should other people’s misery make us happier or more content? Picture Quote #1

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A novel is not an allegory... It is the sensual experience of another world. If you don’t enter that world, hold your breath with the characters and become involved in their destiny, you won’t be able to empathize, and empathy is at the heart of the novel. This is how you read a novel: you inhale the experience. So start breathing Picture Quote #1

Do not, under any circumstances, belittle a work of fiction by trying to turn it into a carbon copy of real life; what we search for in fiction is not so much reality but the epiphany of truth Picture Quote #1

You get a strange feeling when you’re about to leave a place, I told him, like you’ll not only miss the people you love but you’ll miss the person you are now at this time and this place, because you’ll never be this way ever again Picture Quote #1

Every great work of art... is a celebration, an act of insubordination against the betrayals, horrors and infidelities of life Picture Quote #1

Once we know of atrocities we cannot remain silent, and knowledge inevitably leads to an urge to protect the innocent Picture Quote #1

Lots of times you can feel as an exile in a country that you were born in Picture Quote #1

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Every culture has something to be ashamed of, but every culture also has the right to change, to challenge negative traditions, and create to new ones Picture Quote #1

A bad author can take the most moral issue and make you want to just never, ever think about that moral issue Picture Quote #1

When I first left Iran at the age of 13, Iran had become such a shining star - it was the point to which all my desires and dreams returned Picture Quote #1

The negative side of the American Dream comes when people pursue success at any cost, which in turn destroys the vision and the dream Picture Quote #1

I see people who talk about America, and then undermine it by not paying attention to it's soul, to it's poetry. I see polarization, reductionism and superficiality Picture Quote #1

The existence of the writer is to write, and to write is to tell the truth Picture Quote #1

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I am suddenly left alone again on the sunny path, with a memory of the rain Picture Quote #1

I no longer believe that we can keep silent. We never really do, mind you. In one way or another we articulate what has happened to us through the kind of people we become Picture Quote #1

In all great works of fiction, regardless of the grim reality they present, there is an affirmation of life against the transience of that life, an essential defiance. This affirmation lies in the way the author takes control of reality by retelling it in his own way, thus creating a new world. Every great work of art, I would declare pompously, is a celebration, an act of insubordination against the betrayals, horrors and infidelities of life. The perfection and beauty of form rebels against the ugliness and shabbiness of the subject matter Picture Quote #1

None of us can avoid being contaminated by the world’s evils; it’s all a matter of what attitude you take towards them Picture Quote #1

The stories from Iran's present and past are reminders that freedom, democracy and human rights, or fundamentalism, fascism and terrorism are not geographically and culturally determined, but universal Picture Quote #1

We do not read in order to turn great works of fiction into simplistic replicas of our own realities, we read for the pure, sensual, and unadulterated pleasure of reading. And if we do so, our reward is the discovery of the many hidden layers within these works that do not merely reflect reality but reveal a spectrum of truths, thus intrinsically going against the grain of totalitarian mindsets Picture Quote #1

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The more we die, the stronger we will become (Azar Nafisi Quotes) America was based on a poetic vision. What will happen when it loses it's poetry? (Azar Nafisi Quotes) Those who judge must take all aspects of an individual’s personality into account (Azar Nafisi Quotes) It takes courage to die for a cause, but also to live for one (Azar Nafisi Quotes) My passion has always been books and literature, and teaching (Azar Nafisi Quotes) Memories have ways of becoming independent of the reality they evoke. They can soften us against those we were deeply hurt by or they can make us resent those we once accepted and loved unconditionally (Azar Nafisi Quotes) The revolution taught me not to be consoled by other people’s miseries, not to feel thankful because so many others had suffered more. Pain and loss, like love and joy, are unique and personal; they cannot be modified by comparison to others (Azar Nafisi Quotes) When I walked down the streets, I asked myself, are these my people?, is this my hometown, am I who I am? (Azar Nafisi Quotes) Reality has become so intolerable, she said, so bleak, that all I can paint now are the colors of my dreams (Azar Nafisi Quotes) Most great works of the imagination were meant to make you feel like a stranger in your own home. The best fiction always forced us to question what we took for granted. It questioned traditions and expectations when they seemed to immutable (Azar Nafisi Quotes) We all had to pay, but not for the crimes we were accused of. There were other scores to settle (Azar Nafisi Quotes) There is little consolation in the fact that millions of people are unhappier than we are. Why should other people’s misery make us happier or more content? (Azar Nafisi Quotes) A novel is not an allegory... It is the sensual experience of another world. If you don’t enter that world, hold your breath with the characters and become involved in their destiny, you won’t be able to empathize, and empathy is at the heart of the novel. This is how you read a novel: you inhale the experience. So start breathing (Azar Nafisi Quotes) Do not, under any circumstances, belittle a work of fiction by trying to turn it into a carbon copy of real life; what we search for in fiction is not so much reality but the epiphany of truth (Azar Nafisi Quotes) You get a strange feeling when you’re about to leave a place, I told him, like you’ll not only miss the people you love but you’ll miss the person you are now at this time and this place, because you’ll never be this way ever again (Azar Nafisi Quotes) Every great work of art... is a celebration, an act of insubordination against the betrayals, horrors and infidelities of life (Azar Nafisi Quotes) Once we know of atrocities we cannot remain silent, and knowledge inevitably leads to an urge to protect the innocent (Azar Nafisi Quotes) Lots of times you can feel as an exile in a country that you were born in (Azar Nafisi Quotes) Every culture has something to be ashamed of, but every culture also has the right to change, to challenge negative traditions, and create to new ones (Azar Nafisi Quotes) A bad author can take the most moral issue and make you want to just never, ever think about that moral issue (Azar Nafisi Quotes) When I first left Iran at the age of 13, Iran had become such a shining star - it was the point to which all my desires and dreams returned (Azar Nafisi Quotes) The negative side of the American Dream comes when people pursue success at any cost, which in turn destroys the vision and the dream (Azar Nafisi Quotes) I see people who talk about America, and then undermine it by not paying attention to it's soul, to it's poetry. I see polarization, reductionism and superficiality (Azar Nafisi Quotes) The existence of the writer is to write, and to write is to tell the truth (Azar Nafisi Quotes) I am suddenly left alone again on the sunny path, with a memory of the rain (Azar Nafisi Quotes) I no longer believe that we can keep silent. We never really do, mind you. In one way or another we articulate what has happened to us through the kind of people we become (Azar Nafisi Quotes) In all great works of fiction, regardless of the grim reality they present, there is an affirmation of life against the transience of that life, an essential defiance. This affirmation lies in the way the author takes control of reality by retelling it in his own way, thus creating a new world. Every great work of art, I would declare pompously, is a celebration, an act of insubordination against the betrayals, horrors and infidelities of life. The perfection and beauty of form rebels against the ugliness and shabbiness of the subject matter (Azar Nafisi Quotes) None of us can avoid being contaminated by the world’s evils; it’s all a matter of what attitude you take towards them (Azar Nafisi Quotes) The stories from Iran's present and past are reminders that freedom, democracy and human rights, or fundamentalism, fascism and terrorism are not geographically and culturally determined, but universal (Azar Nafisi Quotes) We do not read in order to turn great works of fiction into simplistic replicas of our own realities, we read for the pure, sensual, and unadulterated pleasure of reading. And if we do so, our reward is the discovery of the many hidden layers within these works that do not merely reflect reality but reveal a spectrum of truths, thus intrinsically going against the grain of totalitarian mindsets (Azar Nafisi Quotes)

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