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“Living in the Islamic Republic is like having sex with someone you loathe.”
― Azar Nafisi, Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books

tags: hatred, iran, islamic-republic, sex

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“تهدَّج صوت الإمام وهو يتلو: "قل يا عبادي الذين أسرفوا على أنفسهم لا تقنطوا من رحمة الله إن الله يغفر..."
لم يتحمل قلبه العجوز وقع الكلمات. خرجت دمعتان رغما عنه. سكت في خشوع.
سارع الرجل الضخم الواقف في الصف الأول مكملا في ثبات: الذنوب جميعا...”
― أحمد الديب, حكايات بعد النوم

tags: خشوع, رقة, غلظة, قلوب

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“Despite our tiffs, despite her nastiness, despite all the fuss and faces she made, and the vulgarity, and the danger, and the horrible hopelessness of it all, I still dwelled deep in my elected paradise - a paradise whose skies were the color of hell-flames - but still a paradise.”
― Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita

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“The worst crime committed by totalitarian mind-sets is that they force their citizens, including their victims, to become complicit in their crimes. Dancing with your jailer, participating in your own execution, that is an act of utmost brutality.”
― Azar Nafisi, Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books

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“I've never done anything but dream. This, and this alone, has been the meaning of my life. My only real concern has been my inner life.”
― Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet

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Challenge: 50 Books — 4299 members — last activity Oct 31, 2025 05:51AM
This group is for people who want to be challenged to read 50 books in one year. Start the challenge by creating a post with the title of your chall ...more