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If I leave, reality will devour me. Then they will all really be dead. (Asne Seierstad)
As the only woman, I was able to sit with the officers in front, with a glass of vodka in one hand and a cucumber in the other. That's how I went to my first war. View quote
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When I decided to stay in Iraq, I decided to take the fear out of my body and put it into a freezer. View quote
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The judgment means a lot. As a journalist being accused of invading someone's privacy, there is always a risk that it will stick to your name. View quote
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The family is the single most important institution in Afghan culture. It is described in the country's constitution as the 'fundamental pillar of society'. View quote
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If I lose, then I have to accept that my way of writing books is not the way society says it's okay to write. View quote
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I will get a loan and pay the money the court asks for. But I will not lay down my writing and I still say this was an important book to write. View quote
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If my name had not been cleared, it would have been difficult, perhaps impossible, to continue as a journalist. View quote
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There is nothing I would change - to change it I would have had to write a totally different book. View quote
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If we can't understand the Afghan family, we can't understand Afghanistan. View quote
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