Lisa Goldstein (1953) fantasy and science fiction writer
Source: The Red Magician (1982), Chapter 9 (p. 137)
“It takes courage to die for a cause, but also to live for one.”
— Azar Nafisi, book Reading Lolita in Tehran
Source: Reading Lolita in Tehran
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