Author: Hisham Matar

Quotes

In the end, madness is worse than injustice, and justice far sweeter than freedom.

In the end, madness is worse than injustice, and justice far sweeter than freedom.

- Hisham Matar

Throughout my entire life, I have lived in the shadow of the dictatorship. It denied me safety and security.

Throughout my entire life, I have lived in the shadow of the dictatorship. It denied me safety and security.

- Hisham Matar

The Arab Spring is a powerful and compelling response not only to an age of tyranny but also to the remnant chains of imperial influence.

The Arab Spring is a powerful and compelling response not only to an age of tyranny but also to the remnant chains of imperial influence.

- Hisham Matar

As a young boy in Libya, it was hard to escape the conclusion that the women were the most feeling and most functional part of society.

As a young boy in Libya, it was hard to escape the conclusion that the women were the most feeling and most functional part of society.

- Hisham Matar

A revolution is not a painless march to the gates of freedom and justice. It is a struggle between rage and hope, between the temptation to destroy and the desire to build.

A revolution is not a painless march to the gates of freedom and justice. It is a struggle between rage and hope, between the temptation to destroy and the desire to build.

- Hisham Matar

Language is not just a code; you are writing into its history, into its tides.

Language is not just a code; you are writing into its history, into its tides.

- Hisham Matar

Civil war is a national crisis and also a private trauma: We suffer it collectively and in isolation.

Civil war is a national crisis and also a private trauma: We suffer it collectively and in isolation.

- Hisham Matar

To be okay with not knowing is a sign of a mature person and a mature society.

To be okay with not knowing is a sign of a mature person and a mature society.

- Hisham Matar

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