“I found an inner strength to fight for myself. It was clear that nobody else would.”
― Tehmina Durrani, quote from My Feudal Lord
“The lesson was clear and I learned it well: blind acquiescence was necessary to gain approval; being yourself only earned condemnation.”
― Tehmina Durrani, quote from My Feudal Lord
“Looking back, I realized that we were being raised to be schizophrenic; an appearance of perfection was more important than genuine feelings”
― Tehmina Durrani, quote from My Feudal Lord
“I obeyed, but my crime was that I did not look obedient.”
― Tehmina Durrani, quote from My Feudal Lord
“For Sehra who broke the silence of hypocrisy, that Allah consistently says he hates; in the dictionary meaning of Satan out of 3 – 1 is hypocrisy – So – while many misguided people around the world will condemn you – Allah will love you for following his command. I am very proud of you and can assure you that from here on you will find yourself transformed for a greater purpose. My love and prayers.”
― Tehmina Durrani, quote from My Feudal Lord
“My mind became a sanctuary for secret thoughts of escaping from this household.”
― Tehmina Durrani, quote from My Feudal Lord
Tehmina Durrani
Born place: in Pakistan
Born date February 18, 1953
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“The song begins again which had been stopped only an instant, though it seems to be unsung forever.”
― quote from A Course in Miracles
“Страшна не сама смерть, не смертная боль от ножей жатки, не вопль, не окровавленные обрубки ног… но то, что так легко умереть, уйти из жизни прежде, чем снова созреет пшеница.”
― John Fowles, quote from Daniel Martin
“Life’s about a hell of a lot more than being happy. It’s about feeling the full range of stuff: happiness, sadness, anger, grief, love, hate. If you try to shut one of those off, you shut them all off. I don’t want to be happy. I know I won’t live happily ever after. I want more than that, something richer. I want to go right up close to the beauty and the ugliness. I want to see it all, know it all, understand it all. The richness and the poverty, the joy and the cruelty, the sweetness and the sadness.…That’s the best way I can lead a life I can be proud to call my own.”
― John Marsden, quote from The Other Side of Dawn
“Fear arises from uncertainty. Where there is perfect certainty, there is no fear.”
― Stephen R. Lawhead, quote from Byzantium
“الفارق بين الكينونة والتملك ليس بالضرورة هو الفارق بين الشرق والغرب, ولكنه الفارق بين مجتمع محوره الأساسي الناس وآخر محوره الأساسي الأشياء.”
― Erich Fromm, quote from To Have or to Be? The Nature of the Psyche
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