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The novels were an escape from reality in the sense that we could marvel at their beauty and perfection. Curiously, the novels we escaped into led us finally to question and prod our own realities, about which we felt

The novels were an escape from reality in the sense that we could marvel at their beauty and perfection. Curiously, the novels we escaped into led us finally to question and prod our own realities, about which we felt so helplessly speechless.

Azar Nafisi
Reality, Perfection, Speechless

What we search for in fiction is not so much reality, but the epiphany of truth.

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Reality, Fiction, Epiphany
Azar Nafisi (2003). “Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books”, p.3, Random House

We do not read in order to turn great works of fiction into simplistic replicas of our own realities, we read for the pure, sensual, and unadulterated pleasure of reading. And if we do so, our reward is the discovery of the many hidden layers within these works that do not merely reflect reality but reveal a spectrum of truths, thus intrinsically going against the grain of totalitarian mindsets.

Azar Nafisi
Reading, Reality, Discovery

Every fairy tale offers the potential to surpass present limits, so in a sense the fairy tale offers you freedoms that reality denies.

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Reality, Limits, Fairy Tale
Azar Nafisi (2003). “Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books”, p.47, Random House

The best work of literature to represent the American Dream is 'The Great Gatsby' by F. Scott Fitzgerald. It shows us how dreaming can be tainted by reality, and that if you don't compromise, you may suffer.

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Dream, Reality, Suffering

Reality has become so intolerable, she said, so bleak, that all I can paint now are the colors of my dreams.

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Dream, Reality, Color
Azar Nafisi (2003). “Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books”, p.11, 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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