I am an atheist, and if an atheist and a pope think the same things, there must be something true. There must be some human truth that is beyond religion.
Oriana FallaciWhen my father was arrested, we didn't know where they had him. My mother found him at the house of torture. It was called Villa Triste.
Oriana FallaciYou wear yourself out in the pursuit of wealth or love or freedom, you do everything to gain some right, and once it's gained you take no pleasure in it.
Oriana FallaciIs it right to shoot the poor prostitute or a woman who is unfaithful to her husband, or a man who loves another man?
Oriana FallaciJournalism is an extraordinary and terrible privilege. Not by chance, if you are aware of it, does it consume you with a hundred feelings of inadequacy. Not by chance, when I find myself going through an event or an important encounter, does it seize me like anguish, a fear of not having enough eyes and enough ears and enough brains to look and listen and understand like a worm hidden in the wood of history.
Oriana Fallaci