Oriana Fallaci Quotes

I Am A Danger To Myself If I Get Angry.

I Cry, Sometimes, Because I'm Not 20 Years Younger, And I'm Not Healthy. But If I Were, I Would Even Sacrifice My Writing To Enter Politics.

I Don't Want To Hear About My Death.

I Have Never Met A Man More Shy Than Clark Gable. He Was So Shy, You Couldn't Make Him Talk.

Khomeini Was Not A Puppet Like Arafat Or Qaddafi Or The Many Other Dictators I Met In The Islamic World. He Was A Sort Of Pope, A Sort Of King - A Real Leader.

Physical Courage Is A Great Test.

I've Always Disliked Kamikazes, That Is, People Who Commit Suicide In Order To Kill Others. Starting With The Japanese Ones From World War Ii. I Never Considered Them Pietro Miccas Who Torch The Powder And Go Up With The Citadel In Order To Block The Arrival Of The Enemy Troops At Torino. I Never Considered Them Soldiers.

I Am Disgusted By The Anti-semitism Of Many Italians, Of Many Europeans.

Sometimes I Ask Myself Whether [indira Gandhi] Had, Even Then, A Certain Contempt For The System She Represented And, Years Later, Would Overthrow.

Finally [indira Ganhi] Called A Beautiful Dark Little Boy Who Was Playing On The Lawn, And Embracing Him Tenderly, Murmured, 'this Is My Grandchild; This Is The Man I Love Most In The World.' It Was A Strange Sensation To Watch This Very Powerful Woman Embracing A Child.

I Met Indira Gandhi In Her Office In The Government Palace. The Same Office That Had Been Her Father's - Large, Cold And Plain. She Was Sitting, Small And Slender, Behind A Bare Desk. When I Entered, She Got Up And Came Forward To Give Me Her Hand, Then Sat Down Again And Cut The Preliminaries Short By Fixing Me With A Gaze That Meant: Go Ahead With The First Question, Don't Waste Time, I Really Have No Time To Waste.

[indira Gandhi] Answered Cautiously At First. Then She Opened Up Like A Flower And The Conversation Flowed Along Without Obstacles, In Mutual Sympathy.