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Azar Nafisi quotes

Iranian Writer December 1, 1955

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Azar Nafisi quote: "When I walked down the streets, I asked myself, are these my..."
When I walked down the streets, I asked myself, are these my people?, is this my hometown, am I who I am? Azar Nafisi
There is little consolation in the fact that millions of people are unhappier than we are. Why should other people's misery make us happier or more content? Azar Nafisi
Azar Nafisi quote: "You yourself told us that in the final analysis we are our own..."
You yourself told us that in the final analysis we are our own betrayers, playing Judas to our own Christ Azar Nafisi
Azar Nafisi quote: "When I was teaching at the University of Tehran we were..."
When I was teaching at the University of Tehran we were struggling against the implementation of the revolution rules. Azar Nafisi
Azar Nafisi quote: "those who judge must take all aspects of an individual's..."
those who judge must take all aspects of an individual's personality into account. Azar Nafisi
Look at Ayatollah Khomeini's revolution and the slogans that they used: anti-imperialism; anti-colonialism; the struggle of the have-nots against the haves; the state monopoly over economy, which was very much patterned after the Soviet Union. All of these things did not come out of Islam. Islam is not that developed. Azar Nafisi
Azar Nafisi quote: "You need imagination in order to imagine a future that doesn't..."
You need imagination in order to imagine a future that doesn't exist. Azar Nafisi
Azar Nafisi quote: "A bad author can take the most moral issue and make you want..."
A bad author can take the most moral issue and make you want to just never, ever think about that moral issue. Azar Nafisi
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 from becoming too ruthless. Outside the sphere of literature only one aspect of individuals is revealed. But if you understand their different dimensions you cannot easily murder them. . . Azar Nafisi
Azar Nafisi quote: "Once we know of atrocities we cannot remain silent, and..."
Once we know of atrocities we cannot remain silent, and knowledge inevitably leads to an urge to protect the innocent. Azar Nafisi
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 and makes us confront the absolutes we believe in. Azar Nafisi
Azar Nafisi quote: "America was based on a poetic vision. What will happen when it..."
America was based on a poetic vision. What will happen when it loses its poetry? Azar Nafisi
Azar Nafisi quote: "I think Islam is in a sense, in crisis. It needs to question..."
I think Islam is in a sense, in crisis. It needs to question and re-question itself. Azar Nafisi
Azar Nafisi quote: "Unfortunately for governments like that of Iran, when they..."
Unfortunately for governments like that of Iran, when they forbid something, people become more interested. Azar Nafisi
The reason I am so popular is that I give others back what they need to find in themselves. You need me not because I tell you what I want you to do but because I articulate and justify what you want to do. Azar Nafisi

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