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“There was no more good or evil in this world than we imagine there to be, either out of greed or out of innocence. Or sometimes madness.”

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Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Carlos Ruiz Zafón, born on September 25, 1964, is a renowned Spanish novelist known for his unique literary style and profound depiction of Barcelona. more

“It is only through literature that one can put oneself in someone else’s shoes and understand the other’s different and contradictory sides and refrain from becoming too ruthless. Outside the sphere of literature only one aspect of individuals is revealed. But if you understand their different dimensions you cannot easily murder them.”

Ifs Different Literature Individual Sides Becoming Aspect Murder Shoes Oneself Dimensions Spheres Contradictory Ruthless Refrain Tehran Different Dimensions

Author:Azar Nafisi

“A novel is not moral in the usual sense of the word. It can be called moral when it shakes us out of our stupor and makes us confront the absolutes we believe in.”

Believe Moral Novel Absolutes Shakes Usual Tehran

Book:Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books

Source: Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books

“The reason I am so popular is that I give others back what they need to find in themselves. You need me not because I tell you what I want you to do but because I articulate and justify what you want to do.”

Want Needs Giving Reason What You Want Justify I Want You

Book:Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books

Source: Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books

“It takes courage to die for a cause, but also to live for one.”

Dies Causes Tehran

Book:Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books

Source: Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books

“Human passions have mysterious ways, in children as well as grown-ups. Those affected by them can't explain them, and those who haven't known them have no understanding of them at all.”

Way Humans Wells Children Passion Understanding Known Havens Mysterious Affected Mysterious Ways

Author:Michael Ende

“You must let what happens happen. Everything must be equal in your eyes, good and evil, beautiful and ugly, foolish and wise.”

Happens Eye Beautiful Evil Wise Equal Ugly Foolish Good And Evil

Author:Michael Ende

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