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Azar Nafisi Quotes

I believe in empathy. I believe in the kind of empathy that is created through imagination and through intimate, personal relationships. I am a writer and a teacher, so much of my time is spent interpreting stories and connecting to other individuals. It is the urge to know more about ourselves and others that creates empathy. Through imagination and our desire for rapport, we transcend our limitations, freshen our eyes, and are able to look at ourselves and the world through a new and alternative lens Picture Quote #1

That, of course, is what great works of imagination do for us: They make us a little restless, destabilize us, question our preconceived notions and formulas Picture Quote #1

Art is no longer snobbish or cowardly. It teaches peasants to use tractors, gives lyrics to young soldiers, designs textiles for factory women’s dresses, writes burlesque for factory theatres, does a hundred other useful tasks. Art is as usueful as bread Picture Quote #1

What we search for in fiction is not so much reality, but the epiphany of truth Picture Quote #1

Once evil is individualized, becoming part of everyday life, the way of resisting it also becomes individual. How does the soul survive? is the essential question. And the response is: through love and imagination Picture Quote #1

If I turned towards books, it was because they were the only sanctuary I knew, one I needed in order to survive, to protect some aspect of myself that was now in constant retreat Picture Quote #1

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It is amazing how, when all possibilities seem to be taken away from you, the minutest opening can become a great freedom Picture Quote #1

The reason I am so popular is that I give others back what they need to find in themselves. You need me not because I tell you what I want you to do but because I articulate and justify what you want to do Picture Quote #1

Do not, under any circumstances belittle a works 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

A novel is not moral in the usual sense of the word. It can be called moral when it shakes us out of our stupor and makes us confront the absolutes we believe in Picture Quote #1

It is only through literature that one can put oneself in someone else’s shoes and understand the other’s different and contradictory sides and refrain from becoming too ruthless. Outside the sphere of literature only one aspect of individuals is revealed. But if you understand their different dimensions you cannot easily murder them Picture Quote #1

Every fairy tale offers the potential to surpass present limits, so in a sense the fairy tale offers you freedoms that reality denies Picture Quote #1

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She was one of those people who are irrevocably, incurably honest and therefore both inflexible and vulnerable at the same time Picture Quote #1

The novels were an escape from reality in the sense that we could marvel at their beauty and perfection. Curiously, the novels we escaped into led us finally to question and prod our own realities, about which we felt so helplessly speechless Picture Quote #1

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I believe in empathy. I believe in the kind of empathy that is created through imagination and through intimate, personal relationships. I am a writer and a teacher, so much of my time is spent interpreting stories and connecting to other individuals. It is the urge to know more about ourselves and others that creates empathy. Through imagination and our desire for rapport, we transcend our limitations, freshen our eyes, and are able to look at ourselves and the world through a new and alternative lens (Azar Nafisi Quotes) That, of course, is what great works of imagination do for us: They make us a little restless, destabilize us, question our preconceived notions and formulas (Azar Nafisi Quotes) Art is no longer snobbish or cowardly. It teaches peasants to use tractors, gives lyrics to young soldiers, designs textiles for factory women’s dresses, writes burlesque for factory theatres, does a hundred other useful tasks. Art is as usueful as bread (Azar Nafisi Quotes) What we search for in fiction is not so much reality, but the epiphany of truth (Azar Nafisi Quotes) Once evil is individualized, becoming part of everyday life, the way of resisting it also becomes individual. How does the soul survive? is the essential question. And the response is: through love and imagination (Azar Nafisi Quotes) If I turned towards books, it was because they were the only sanctuary I knew, one I needed in order to survive, to protect some aspect of myself that was now in constant retreat (Azar Nafisi Quotes) It is amazing how, when all possibilities seem to be taken away from you, the minutest opening can become a great freedom (Azar Nafisi Quotes) The reason I am so popular is that I give others back what they need to find in themselves. You need me not because I tell you what I want you to do but because I articulate and justify what you want to do (Azar Nafisi Quotes) Do not, under any circumstances belittle a works 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) A novel is not moral in the usual sense of the word. It can be called moral when it shakes us out of our stupor and makes us confront the absolutes we believe in (Azar Nafisi Quotes) It is only through literature that one can put oneself in someone else’s shoes and understand the other’s different and contradictory sides and refrain from becoming too ruthless. Outside the sphere of literature only one aspect of individuals is revealed. But if you understand their different dimensions you cannot easily murder them (Azar Nafisi Quotes) Every fairy tale offers the potential to surpass present limits, so in a sense the fairy tale offers you freedoms that reality denies (Azar Nafisi Quotes) She was one of those people who are irrevocably, incurably honest and therefore both inflexible and vulnerable at the same time (Azar Nafisi Quotes) The novels were an escape from reality in the sense that we could marvel at their beauty and perfection. Curiously, the novels we escaped into led us finally to question and prod our own realities, about which we felt so helplessly speechless (Azar Nafisi Quotes)

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