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Life Quotes by Azar Nafisi
- Every great work of art ... is a celebration, an act of insubordination against the betrayals, horrors and infidelities of life.
- You don't read Gatsby, I said, to learn whether adultery is good or bad but to learn about how complicated issues such as adultery and…
- 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…
- Once evil is individualized, becoming part of everyday life, the way of resisting it also becomes individual. How does the soul survive? is the essential…
- In all great works of fiction, regardless of the grim reality they present, there is an affirmation of life against the transience of that life,…
- People would react to books by authors like James and Austen almost on a gut level. I think it was not so much the message,…
More Life Quotes
- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for… — Hannah Arendt
- I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you… — Alexis Arguello
- I find that it's hard to fully examine one's life and not have faith be part of the discussion. — J. J. Abrams
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. — Aristotle
- Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies. — Aristotle
- We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- Happiness depends upon ourselves. — Aristotle
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle