Anna Funder Quotes

I wonder, now, about interrogation chambers: why do they think bright light brings the truth out of people? They should try the seduction of shadows, where you cannot watch your words hit their target.

Anna Funder

Quotes to Explore

Metaphysics is a dark ocean without shores or lighthouse, strewn with many a philosophic wreck.

Immanuel Kant
- Dark
- Ocean
- Without
Necessity makes even the timid brave.

Sallust
- Brave
- Necessity
- Even
He used to have a tent show, a little tent show, and I thought I was going to get a job working one year on the tent show, but he closed it down and I never got to go out there, but anyway, he had a sax and played drums.

Earl Scruggs
- Job
- Thought
- Year
When you give a lot of confidence in people and you don't get it back, you are a bit disappointed, but it's life.

Carine Roitfeld
- People
- Life
- Confidence
The woman who purposely destroys her unborn child is guilty of murder. With us there is no nice enquiry as to its being formed or unformed.

Saint Basil
- Nice
- Woman
- Child
In our fast-forward culture, we have lost the art of eating well. Food is often little more than fuel to pour down the hatch while doing other stuff - surfing the Web, driving, walking along the street. Dining al desko is now the norm in many workplaces. All of this speed takes a toll. Obesity, eating disorders and poor nutrition are rife.

Carl Honore
- Art
- Culture
- Food