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> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/azar-nafisi/do-not-under-any-circumstances-belittle-a-work-of-fiction-by-trying/)

[Azar Nafisi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/azar-nafisi/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b67/azar-nafisi-2001_belittle_do-not-under-any-circumstances-belittle_116752.png)

> [What we search for in fiction is not so much reality, but the epiphany of truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/azar-nafisi/what-we-search-for-in-fiction-is-not-so-much-reality-but-the-epiphany/)

[Azar Nafisi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/azar-nafisi/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce6/azar-nafisi-2001_epiphany_what-we-search-for-in-fiction-is-not-so_3109551.png)

## More by Azar Nafisi

> [“A novel is not an allegory...it is a sensual experience of another world. If you don't enter that world, hold your breath with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/azar-nafisi/a-novel-is-not-an-allegory-it-is-a-sensual-experience-of-another/)

[Azar Nafisi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/azar-nafisi/)

> [“I have a recurring fantasy that one more article has been added to the Bill of Rights: the right to free access to imagination.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/azar-nafisi/i-have-a-recurring-fantasy-that-one-more-article-has-been-added-to/)

[Azar Nafisi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/azar-nafisi/)

> [“Hope for some means its loss for others; when the hopeless regain some hope, those in power--the ones who had taken it away--become afraid,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/azar-nafisi/hope-for-some-means-its-loss-for-others-when-the-hopeless-regain-some/)

[Azar Nafisi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/azar-nafisi/)

> [Imagine you are walking down a leafy path…The sun is receding, and you are walking alone, caressed by the breezy light of the late…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/azar-nafisi/imagine-you-are-walking-down-a-leafy-path-the-sun-is-receding-and-you/)

[Azar Nafisi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/azar-nafisi/)

> [If I turned towards books, it was because they were the only sanctuary I knew, one I needed in order to survive, to protect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/azar-nafisi/if-i-turned-towards-books-it-was-because-they-were-the-only-sanctuary/)

[Azar Nafisi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/azar-nafisi/)

> [ “Such an act \[testifying for an accused prison guard of the Shah's regime\] can only be accomplished by someone who is engrossed in literature,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/azar-nafisi/such-an-act-testifying-for-an-accused-prison-guard-of-the-shah-s/)

[Azar Nafisi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/azar-nafisi/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/azar-nafisi/it-is-only-through-literature-that-one-can-put-oneself-in-someone/)

[Azar Nafisi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/azar-nafisi/)

> [“That first day I asked my students what they thought fiction should accomplish, why one should bother to read fiction at all. It was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/azar-nafisi/that-first-day-i-asked-my-students-what-they-thought-fiction-should/)

[Azar Nafisi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/azar-nafisi/)

> [“you cannot just be stubborn against something, you need to be stubborn for something as well”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/azar-nafisi/you-cannot-just-be-stubborn-against-something-you-need-to-be-stubborn/)

[Azar Nafisi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/azar-nafisi/)

> [Do not, under any circumstances, belittle a work of fiction by trying to turn it into a carbon copy of real life; what we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/azar-nafisi/do-not-under-any-circumstances-belittle-a-work-of-fiction-by-trying/)

[Azar Nafisi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/azar-nafisi/)

> [Visa for Avalon is a testament to the power of fiction. It illuminates the truth at the heart of what is commonly called reality.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/azar-nafisi/visa-for-avalon-is-a-testament-to-the-power-of-fiction-it-illuminates/)

[Azar Nafisi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/azar-nafisi/)

> [“You ask me what it means to be irrelevant? The feeling is akin to visiting your old house as a wandering ghost with unfinished…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/azar-nafisi/you-ask-me-what-it-means-to-be-irrelevant-the-feeling-is-akin-to/)

[Azar Nafisi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/azar-nafisi/)

> [“I explained that most great works of the imagination were meant to make you feel like a stranger in your own home. The best…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/azar-nafisi/i-explained-that-most-great-works-of-the-imagination-were-meant-to/)

[Azar Nafisi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/azar-nafisi/)

> [“We envy people like you, and we want to be you; we can't, so we destroy you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/azar-nafisi/we-envy-people-like-you-and-we-want-to-be-you-we-can-t-so-we-destroy/)

[Azar Nafisi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/azar-nafisi/)

> [“..."readers were born free and ought to remain free.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/azar-nafisi/readers-were-born-free-and-ought-to-remain-free/)

[Azar Nafisi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/azar-nafisi/)

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