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Hassan Blasim quotes: One of the Baathists once told me, "If you're not careful, I'll have you put away," and those words meant death.

One of the Baathists once told me, "If you're not careful, I'll have you put away," and those words meant death.

Hassan Blasim quotes: I wanted to reach back to other times I might have lived in, the traces of which are scattered to places I previously thought imaginary.

I wanted to reach back to other times I might have lived in, the traces of which are scattered to places I previously thought imaginary.

Hassan Blasim quotes: Every man has both a poetic obligation and a human obligation.

Every man has both a poetic obligation and a human obligation.

Hassan Blasim quotes: It's bullshit what that bullshitter says. A story's a story, whether it's beautiful or bullshit.

It's bullshit what that bullshitter says. A story's a story, whether it's beautiful or bullshit.

Hassan Blasim quotes: I'm talking about the essence of humanity. Hope is mixed into the blood of every human being, everywhere and in every time.

I'm talking about the essence of humanity. Hope is mixed into the blood of every human being, everywhere and in every time.

Hassan Blasim quotes: I still write in literary Arabic but I try to rid it of the rhetoric, the symbolism, and the stuff that ordinary people don't understand.

I still write in literary Arabic but I try to rid it of the rhetoric, the symbolism, and the stuff that ordinary people don't understand.

Hassan Blasim quotes: I didn't start publishing literary texts until I had left Iraq. At the Academy [of Cinematic Arts] I was busy with short films.

I didn't start publishing literary texts until I had left Iraq. At the Academy [of Cinematic Arts] I was busy with short films.

Hassan Blasim quotes: The trail of "secret migration" was a shock to me. I knew a little about the difficulties, just bits of news in the media.

The trail of "secret migration" was a shock to me. I knew a little about the difficulties, just bits of news in the media.

Hassan Blasim quotes: Then he thrust the knife into my stomach and said:You're shaking.

Then he thrust the knife into my stomach and said:
You're shaking.

Hassan Blasim quotes: Knowledge and imagination are the life buoy and the extra lung for breathing outside the walls of a tainted reality.

Knowledge and imagination are the life buoy and the extra lung for breathing outside the walls of a tainted reality.

Hassan Blasim quotes: You can't understand beauty without peace of mind and you can't get close to the truth without fear.

You can't understand beauty without peace of mind and you can't get close to the truth without fear.

Hassan Blasim quotes: I believe in dreams more than I believe in God. Dreams get into you and leave, then come back with new fruit, but God is just a vast desert.

I believe in dreams more than I believe in God. Dreams get into you and leave, then come back with new fruit, but God is just a vast desert.

Hassan Blasim quotes: "Secret migration" across borders is a form of human degradation and evidence of the depravity of the human conscience.

"Secret migration" across borders is a form of human degradation and evidence of the depravity of the human conscience.

Hassan Blasim quotes: The Iran-Iraq war began the same year that I went to primary school, at the age of six.

The Iran-Iraq war began the same year that I went to primary school, at the age of six.

Hassan Blasim quotes: The question of humanity can be solved only by constant dread.

The question of humanity can be solved only by constant dread.

Hassan Blasim quotes: Losing hope means ceasing to love my son and my girlfriend and many friends and people around the world.

Losing hope means ceasing to love my son and my girlfriend and many friends and people around the world.

Hassan Blasim quotes: It's ridiculous and painful to use the Arabic of an Iraqi poet who lived centuries ago to describe what we in Iraq are suffering today.

It's ridiculous and painful to use the Arabic of an Iraqi poet who lived centuries ago to describe what we in Iraq are suffering today.