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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 characters and become involved in their destiny, you won't be able to empathize, 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 characters and become involved in their destiny, you won't be able to empathize, and empathy is at the heart of the novel. This is how you read a novel: you inhale the experience. So start breathing.

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
Heart, My Heart
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
Pain, Lying, Heart
Azar Nafisi (2003). “Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books”, p.132, 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
Pain, Lying, Heart
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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