Author: Hisham Matar

Quotes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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