Azar Nafisi Quotes About Heart

• Una novela no es una alegoría.... Es la experiencia sensual de otro mundo. Si no entras en ese mundo, aguantas la respiración con los personajes y te implicas en su destino, no serás capaz de empatizar, y la empatía está en el corazón de la novela. Así es como se lee una novela: inhalando la experiencia. Así que empieza a respirar.

  Azar Nafisi

  Heart, Character, Destiny

  Azar Nafisi (2003). “Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books”, p.111, Random House

• I eat my heart out alone.

  Azar Nafisi

  Corazón, corazón mío

  Azar Nafisi (2003). “Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books”, p.214, Random House

• 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 seeing them means denying their existence.

  Azar Nafisi

  Dolor, Mentir, Corazón

  Azar Nafisi (2003). “Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books”, p.132, Random House

• The dearer a book was to my heart, the more battered and bruised it became.

  Azar Nafisi

  Inspiración, Motivación, Libro

  Azar Nafisi (2003). “Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books”, p.92, Random House

• 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 way a novel is called democratic - not that it advocates democracy but that by nature it is so. 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 seeing them means denying their existence.

  Azar Nafisi

  Dolor, Mentir, Corazón

  Azar Nafisi (2003). “Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books”, p.132, Random House

• Visa for Avalon is a testament to the power of fiction. It illuminates the truth at the heart of what is commonly called reality. This account of lives transformed and ruined by the triumph of a totalitarian rule is a timely reminder of how moral and intellectual laziness and apathy can pave the road to the reign of terror brought on by such a system.

  Azar Nafisi

  Heart, Reality, Intellectual

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