Signs and symbols Quote by Azar Nafisi

“She became aware that she had thought the less of him because he had thought the more of her. She had worshipped this other…

— Anthony Trollope

“Whoever we were—and it was not really important what religion we belonged to, whether we wished to wear the veil or not, whether we…

— Azar Nafisi

“The veil I wore was much like the shield I had been wrapped in for my entire life. But I was ready to tear…

— C.M. Doporto

“Dancing with the veil feels holy, powerful, graceful. and feminine.”

— Rosangel Perez

“She was pretty all right, but he'd had prettier. She was proud and brave,too, but she was also outrageous and outspoken. And, yes, she…

— Charlotte McPherren

“She asked God, without fear, if he really believed that people were made of iron in order to bear so many troubles and mortifications;…

— Gabriel García Márquez

“She denied and feared God in the same breath. She allowed our actions to shame her, and yet was void of shame. I truly…

— Delores Phillips

I think the veil is a way of taking power away from women.

— Salman Rushdie

“Innocent and virtuous, she represented the exact type of female he avoided... God, she was a taking thing, even for an avaricious reformer.”

— Karen Hawkins

“Even then she wore the look of certain fanatics who think of themselves as leaders without once having gained the respect of a single…

— Jane Bowles

Religion was used as an ideology, as a system of control. When they forced the veil upon women, they were using it as an…

— Azar Nafisi

“She stood, as it were, with her face to God and her back to the people, waiting to receive His word for the 'chose…

— Elisabeth Elliot