“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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“I’ve been a bit worried about my maleness lately, somewhere along the line I seem to have picked up too many female hormones.”
― Sue Townsend, quote from True Confessions of Adrian Albert Mole
“No man can concentrate his attention upon evil, or even upon the idea of evil, and remain unaffected. To be more against the devil than for God is exceedingly dangerous.”
― Aldous Huxley, quote from The Devils of Loudun
“What will that mean to each of you? “It will mean that those of you who might have lived to be seventy-one must die at seventy. Some of you who might have lived to be eighty-six must cough up your ghost at eighty-five. That’s a great age. A year more or less doesn’t sound like much. When the time comes, boys, you may regret. But, you will be able to say, this year I spent well, I gave for Pip, I made a loan of life for sweet Pipkin, the fairest apple that ever almost fell too early off the harvest tree. Some of you at forty-nine must cross life off at forty-eight. Some at fifty-five must lay them down to Forever’s Sleep at fifty-four. Do you catch the whole thing intact now, boys? Do you add the figures? Is the arithmetic plain? A year! Who will bid three hundred and sixty-five entire days from out his own soul, to get old Pipkin back? Think, boys. Silence. Then, speak.”
― Ray Bradbury, quote from The Halloween Tree
“Lenny London: In case you're wondering, running is like driving only there's more sweating and less sitting. I don't recommend trying it if you haven't already.”
― Julie Cross, quote from Whatever Life Throws at You
“And what do you like to do, little man?" "I like-books," James had said. While standing in the bookshop, with a parcel of books under his arm. The lady had given him a pitying look. "I read-erm-rather a lot," James went on, dreary master of the obvious. King of the obvious. Emperor of the obvious.”
― Cassandra Clare, quote from Nothing but Shadows
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