Azar Nafisi Quotes

Do not, under any circumstances belittle a works of fiction by trying to turn it into a carbon copy of real life; what we search for in fiction is not so much reality but the epiphany of truth.

Azar Nafisi

Quotes to Explore

I'm not an A student; I'm not even a B student, but I've gotten a lot better with the reading because of texts. And I can voice-text and say whatever I want to people.

R. Kelly
- People
- Reading
- Text
If someone is sad, they put on a song, or if someone wants to rock out, and they want to get into a good mood, they put on music. Just being able to be a part of something like that I feel like was my ultimate push to do music.

Adam Hicks
- Good
- Music
- Song
I have a vernacular house on the seaside in Northumberland and an Edwardian semi in south Manchester. They're both exactly as big as they need to be. I can't be doing with an ostentatious, big house - you can only be in one room at a time.

Val McDermid
- Time
- House
- Doing
Whatever you got you have to accentuate. I ran my female card up and down the ladder my whole career, because I was in a man's world. It was worked by women but owned by men. I was the only female owner in my field at that time.

Barbara Corcoran
- Up
- Time
- World
I like to see a good scientific bout by men who know the use of their hands but would rather walk twenty miles than see animals in strife.

W. H. Davies
- Good
- Men
- Walk
Always remember that better days are ahead - if not in this life, in the next.

Barbara Johnson
- Life
- Remember
- Better