Neda

“The sense of tragedy - according to Aristotle - comes, ironically enough, not from the protagonist's weak points but from his good qualities. Do you know what I'm getting at? People are drawn deeper into tragedy not by their defects but by their virtues. Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex being a great example. Oedipus is drawn into tragedy not because of laziness or stupidity, but because of his courage and honesty. So an inevitable irony results.
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[But] we accept irony through a device called metaphor. And through that we grow and become deeper human beings.”
― Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore

“To learn one must be humble. But life is the great teacher.”
― James Joyce, Ulysses

“After you died I could not hold a funeral,
And so my life became a funeral.”
― Han Kang, Human Acts

“نه با کسی بحث کن، نه از کسی انتقاد کن.
هرکی هرچی گفت بگو حق با شماست و خودت را خلاص کن.
آدم‌ها عقیده‌ات را که می‌پرسند نظرت را نمی‌خواهند.
می‌خواهند با عقیده‌ی خودشان موافقت کنی.
بحث کردن با آدمها بی‌فایده است.”
― زویا پیرزاد, چراغ‌ها را من خاموش می‌کنم