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Novel Quotes by Azar Nafisi
- Empathy lies at the heart of Gatsby, like so many other great novels-the biggest sin is to be blind to others problems and pains. Not…
- 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…
- A novel is not an allegory.... It is the sensual experience of another world. If you don't enter that world, hold your breath with the…
- A novel is not moral in the usual sense of the word. It can be called moral when it shakes us out of our stupor…
- A good novel is one that shows the complexity of individuals, and creates enough space for all these characters to have a voice; in this…
- The novels were an escape from reality in the sense that we could marvel at their beauty and perfection. Curiously, the novels we escaped into…
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