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

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Azar Nafisi

#Reality Quotes #Fiction Quotes #Epiphany Quotes

“To say a grid is limiting is to say that language is limiting, or typography is limiting. It is up to us to use these media critically or passively.”
“After the Democrats shoved the 2700 pages of ObamaCare down our throats - and we did find out how expensive, controlling, and coercive the legislation was - a majority of Americans wanted the Supreme Court to toss it aside as unconstitutional.”
“Since the Cuban Revolution and since the invasion of Santo Domingo a state of emergency has existed in Latin America. The Marines shoot at anything that moves, regardless of partyaffiliation.”
“Stay true to yourself because a lot of times women get so wrapped up in doing for a man that we forget to focus on us. A lot of times that is unattractive. They love us because we are independent and focused on the things that make us happy. Because when they see you happy, their happy!”
“The truly changed, truly converted, truly Christian heart can say with John Newton, â€œI am not what I ought to be. I am not what I wish to be. I am not what I hope to be. Yet I can truly say, I am not what I once was. By the grace of God, I am what I am.”
“When you realize there is something you don't understand, then you're generally on the right path to understanding all kinds of things.”
“All this talkin' about eatin' is makin' me awful hungry. I'll have two chili burgers with an order of fries, onion rings and a chocolate milk shake. And a Strawberry Ice Cream Sundae-with pickles.”
“I sometimes think it's a mistake to have been happy when one was a child. One should always want to go on, not back.”

Source : Mary Stewart (2011). “Stormy Petrel”, p.56, Hachette UK

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