Books Quote by Asne Seierstad Download Open image ““To say nothing means to give one's consent.”” — Asne Seierstad ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.8 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Books
“If you don't have nothing nice to say, don't say nothing at all” — Beta Metani' Marashi Copy Share Image
“I’d rather have nobody to say anything to, than have nothing to say to anybody.” — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
“To say nothing is saying something. You must denounce things you are against or one might believe that you support things you really do… — Germany Kent Copy Share Image
“Permission to speak freely?" she asked. "You have that permission, as long as what you say is truth and not personal opinion or conjecture."… — Connie Suttle Copy Share Image
“We must not think that by saying yes to sex, one says no to power.” — Michel Foucault Copy Share Image
The judgment means a lot. As a journalist being accused of invading someone's privacy, there is always a risk that it will stick to… — Asne Seierstad Copy Share Image
I would like my book to give people insight to the war before and after, but I don't think anyone could read my book… — Asne Seierstad Copy Share Image
If we can't understand the Afghan family, we can't understand Afghanistan. — Asne Seierstad Copy Share Image
The book came after the fall of the Taliban, it says something about Afghan family life. Those kind of stories - what happens behind… — Asne Seierstad Copy Share Image
I always try to describe the situation just as it is. I try to find sentences that I believe tell the story best. Even… — Asne Seierstad Copy Share Image
“Gerd called life 'existing minute by minute'. Every single minute felt like a battle. Time went on but life had stopped.” — Åsne Seierstad Copy Share Image
The family is the single most important institution in Afghan culture. It is described in the country's constitution as the 'fundamental pillar of society'. — Asne Seierstad Copy Share Image
“Os iraquianos sempre devoraram livros: são o nosso alimento e, além do amor, é a única coisa que necessitamos” — Asne Seierstad Copy Share Image
Even in a war, someone has to take care of daily life. Someone has to feed and clothe the children. — Asne Seierstad Copy Share Image
“They played a game of dare - who could get closest to the flames?” — Asne Seierstad Copy Share Image
As a woman, you accept the situation, adapt to it, and do your best, whereas men would choose violence. — Asne Seierstad Copy Share Image
“Do you know what is our problem? We know everything about our weapons, but we know nothing about how to use a telephone.” — Asne Seierstad Copy Share Image
I think a new world will arise out of the religious mists when we approach our Bible with the idea that it is not… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
If I had a dollar for every time I couldn’t sleep, I could buy a billion locks and finally read a book in peace. — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
If what I write is literature, I guess you'd better emphasize the 'litter.' — Lydia Lunch Copy Share Image
My sentences got sharper and my stories more efficient, and I gradually learned to imagine the reader more clearly and to empathize with that… — Karen Thompson Walker Copy Share Image
Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
“Within the pages of books, I've journeyed to Mandalay, the Milky Way and Santa Fe, without once having to leave my armchair.” — Kevin Ansbro Copy Share Image
“Tacitus did not write a most dangerous book. His readers made it so.” — Christopher K. Krebs Copy Share Image
“Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
I have many who keep me going, I am very fortunate in this sense. There is nothing like a child who knows more about… — Floyd Cooper Copy Share Image
I think books in which people are really happy and things are going well are probably the most challenging novels there are to write,… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
