Quotes by : Anna Funder

In my experience, it is entirely possible to watch something happen and not to see it at all.

She is brave and strong and broken all at once. As she speaks it is as if her existence is no longer....

Most people have no imagination. If they could imagine the sufferings of others, they would not make....

one does not remember one’s own pain. It is the suffering of others that undoes us

The cynic sees only cynicism, the depressive can taint creation with one glance

You see the mistakes of one system—the surveillance—and the mistakes of the other—the inequality—but....

Lately, a study has suggested that depressed people have a more accurate view of reality, though this....

He can switch from one view to another with frightening ease. I think it is a sign of being accustomed....

People were crazy with pain and secrets.

Miriam is upset. Her voice is stretched and I can't look at her. Perhaps they beat something out of her....