“In another Nabokov novel, The Real Life of Sebastian Knight , Sebastian's brother discovers two seemingly incongruous pictures in his dead brother's… — Azar Nafisi Children Copy Share Image
“Hope for some means its loss for others; when the hopeless regain some hope, those in power--the ones who had taken it… — Azar Nafisi Hope Copy Share Image
The reason I am so popular is that I give others back what they need to find in themselves. You need me… — Azar Nafisi Giving Copy Share Image
“It is said that the personal is political. That is not true, of course. At the core of the fight for political… — Azar Nafisi Political Copy Share Image
The novels were an escape from reality in the sense that we could marvel at their beauty and perfection. Curiously, the novels… — Azar Nafisi Beauty Copy Share Image
Most great works of the imagination were meant to make you feel like a stranger in your own home. The best fiction… — Azar Nafisi Expectations Copy Share Image
“She had not learned from reading it that adultery was good or that we should all become shysters. Did people all go… — Azar Nafisi Copy Share Image
Religion was used as an ideology, as a system of control. When they forced the veil upon women, they were using it… — Azar Nafisi Copy Share Image
“It wasn't courage that motivated this casual, impersonal manner of treating so much pain; it was a special brand of cowardice...forcing others… — Azar Nafisi Courage Copy Share Image
“Whoever we were—and it was not really important what religion we belonged to, whether we wished to wear the veil or not,… — Azar Nafisi Dreams Copy Share Image
What dazzles us in Stacy Schiff's Cleopatra are not the alluring mythologies about the evasive queen, but the astonishing if rare historical… — Azar Nafisi Alluring Copy Share Image
Memories have ways of becoming independent of the reality they evoke. They can soften us against those we were deeply hurt by… — Azar Nafisi Copy Share Image
“She resented the fact that her veil, which to her was a symbol of scared relationship to god, had now become an… — Azar Nafisi Signs and symbols Copy Share Image
In the past 30 years, officials of the Iranian regime and its apologists have labeled criticism, especially with regard to women's rights,… — Azar Nafisi Brutality Copy Share Image
The worst crime committed by totalitarian mind-sets is that they force their citizens, including their victims, to become complicit in their crimes.… — Azar Nafisi Brutality Copy Share Image
“He is more rooted to the idea of home. He created this home...and established routines like watching the BBC and cooking barbecues… — Azar Nafisi Friendship Copy Share Image
Only curiosity about the fate of others, the ability to put ourselves in their shoes, and the will to enter their world… — Azar Nafisi Ability Copy Share Image
The revolution taught me not to be consoled by other people's miseries, not to feel thankful because so many others had suffered… — Azar Nafisi Comparison Copy Share Image
“As women, do we have the same rights as men to enjoy sex? How many of us would say yes, we do… — Azar Nafisi Marriage Copy Share Image
“That first day I asked my students what they thought fiction should accomplish, why one should bother to read fiction at all.… — Azar Nafisi Books Copy Share Image
“It is because these characters depend to such a high degree on their own sense of integrity that for them, victory has… — Azar Nafisi Happiness Copy Share Image
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