This America has been the country of greed rather than the country of need. Ariel Dorfman americacountrygreed Change image and share on social
We live in the age of the refugee, the age of the exile. Ariel Dorfman ageexilelive Change image and share on social
You can survive with anger, but you can't live with it forever. Ariel Dorfman angerforeverlive Change image and share on social
Mining created Chile. The story of men who go down into the mountain and chip away at minerals in the darkness and then suffer an accident that leaves them at the mercy of that darkness is part of the DNA of Chile, an integral part of the country's history. Ariel Dorfman accidentchilechip share on social
Responsibility without power, the fate of the secretary through the ages. Ariel Dorfman agefatepower Change image and share on social
I feel as if I can take Indian stories, make them mine and take them to the world. Ariel Dorfman feelindianmake Change image and share on social
Most writers who leave their country physically have already left it mentally and emotionally. Ariel Dorfman countryemotionallyleave Change image and share on social
You want to free the world, free humanity, from oppression? Look inside, look sideways, look at the hidden violence of language. Never forget that language is where the other, parallel violence, the cruelty exercised on the body, originates. Ariel Dorfman bodycrueltyexercise share on social
I think to be in exile is a curse, and you need to turn it into a blessing. You've been thrown into exile to die, really, to silence you so that your voice cannot come home. And so my whole life has been dedicated to saying, 'I will not be silenced.' Ariel Dorfman blesscursededicate share on social
I'm a mongrel in the sense that I'm Spanish, English, Latino, Jewish, north, south - all these things are mixed in me. Ariel Dorfman englishjewishlatino Change image and share on social