Quote by Azar Nafisi Download Open image ““She had the satisfaction, so beloved of dictators, of a permanent state of emergency.”” — Azar Nafisi ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.3 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare
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“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,… — Azar Nafisi Copy Share Image
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… — Azar Nafisi Copy Share Image
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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… — Azar Nafisi Copy Share Image
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