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Asne Seierstad quotes: I believe the consequences of a war are so harsh that it should be always the last resort.

I believe the consequences of a war are so harsh that it should be always the last resort.

Asne Seierstad quotes: We don't grow up in vacuums. We grow up in societies.

We don't grow up in vacuums. We grow up in societies.

Asne Seierstad quotes: If you've lived in a dictatorship for thirty years, you're used to people lying to you.

If you've lived in a dictatorship for thirty years, you're used to people lying to you.

Asne Seierstad quotes: Our answer is more democracy, more openness and more humanity. But never naivety.

Our answer is more democracy, more openness and more humanity. But never naivety.

Asne Seierstad quotes: When I decided to stay in Iraq, I decided to take the fear out of my body and put it into a freezer.

When I decided to stay in Iraq, I decided to take the fear out of my body and put it into a freezer.

Asne Seierstad quotes: 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

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.

Asne Seierstad quotes: If my name had not been cleared, it would have been difficult, perhaps impossible, to continue as a journalist.

If my name had not been cleared, it would have been difficult, perhaps impossible, to continue as a journalist.

Asne Seierstad quotes: Being a war correspondent, and having covered four wars, I know that wars very seldom solve things.

Being a war correspondent, and having covered four wars, I know that wars very seldom solve things.

Asne Seierstad quotes: Do you know what is our problem? We know everything about our weapons, but we know nothing about how to use a telephone.

Do you know what is our problem? We know everything about our weapons, but we know nothing about how to use a telephone.

Asne Seierstad quotes: If I leave, reality will devour me. Then they will all really be dead.

If I leave, reality will devour me. Then they will all really be dead.

Asne Seierstad quotes: They played a game of dare - who could get closest to the flames?

They played a game of dare - who could get closest to the flames?

Asne Seierstad quotes: Why did you want children when you knew there was a war?' Mustafa

Why did you want children when you knew there was a war?' Mustafa

Asne Seierstad quotes: There is nothing I would change - to change it I would have had to write a totally different book.

There is nothing I would change - to change it I would have had to write a totally different book.

Asne Seierstad quotes: I'm trying to see my own country with fresh eyes.

I'm trying to see my own country with fresh eyes.

Asne Seierstad quotes: It was very difficult to write about my own country, because I have always been the outsider looking in.

It was very difficult to write about my own country, because I have always been the outsider looking in.

Asne Seierstad quotes: As a woman, you accept the situation, adapt to it, and do your best, whereas men would choose violence.

As a woman, you accept the situation, adapt to it, and do your best, whereas men would choose violence.

Asne Seierstad quotes: Evil can kill a human being, but never conquer a people!' *

Evil can kill a human being, but never conquer a people!' *

Asne Seierstad quotes: When a man has everything and does not know what more to do, he tries to teach his donkey to talk.

When a man has everything and does not know what more to do, he tries to teach his donkey to talk.

Asne Seierstad quotes: Wild animals walked in a straight line, tame ones tended to wander more aimlessly.

Wild animals walked in a straight line, tame ones tended to wander more aimlessly.

Asne Seierstad quotes: 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.

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.

Asne Seierstad quotes: There are many things one can think of when one needs someone to vent one's wrath on.

There are many things one can think of when one needs someone to vent one's wrath on.

Asne Seierstad quotes: Anonymity became a release, the only place to which I could turn.

Anonymity became a release, the only place to which I could turn.

Asne Seierstad quotes: I think when you start to get afraid, it's time to leave.

I think when you start to get afraid, it's time to leave.

Asne Seierstad quotes: A society gets the graffiti it deserves,' commented one criminologist on the street galleries that grew ever scruffier.

A society gets the graffiti it deserves,' commented one criminologist on the street galleries that grew ever scruffier.

Asne Seierstad quotes: There is no journalist without opinions, and there's no real objectivity, but we can strive toward it.

There is no journalist without opinions, and there's no real objectivity, but we can strive toward it.

Asne Seierstad quotes: As a war correspondent, you have to weigh the risk you run against the story you can get.

As a war correspondent, you have to weigh the risk you run against the story you can get.

Asne Seierstad quotes: 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.

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.

Asne Seierstad quotes: If we can't understand the Afghan family, we can't understand Afghanistan.

If we can't understand the Afghan family, we can't understand Afghanistan.

Asne Seierstad quotes: Even in a war, someone has to take care of daily life. Someone has to feed and clothe the children.

Even in a war, someone has to take care of daily life. Someone has to feed and clothe the children.

Asne Seierstad quotes: We have believing in this innocent feeling of nothing will ever happen to us, because all catastrophes always broad and happening to anyone else.

We have believing in this innocent feeling of nothing will ever happen to us, because all catastrophes always broad and happening to anyone else.

Asne Seierstad quotes: There are personal reasons, psychological reasons, but there could also be political reasons for becoming a terrorist.

There are personal reasons, psychological reasons, but there could also be political reasons for becoming a terrorist.

Asne Seierstad quotes: To say nothing means to give one's consent.

To say nothing means to give one's consent.

Asne Seierstad quotes: Gerd called life 'existing minute by minute'. Every single minute felt like a battle. Time went on but life had stopped.

Gerd called life 'existing minute by minute'. Every single minute felt like a battle. Time went on but life had stopped.