“I found an inner strength to fight for myself. It was clear that nobody else would.”
“The lesson was clear and I learned it well: blind acquiescence was necessary to gain approval; being yourself only earned condemnation.”
“Looking back, I realized that we were being raised to be schizophrenic; an appearance of perfection was more important than genuine feelings”
“I obeyed, but my crime was that I did not look obedient.”
“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.”
“My mind became a sanctuary for secret thoughts of escaping from this household.”
“The bodies of two murdered women have been found this week. For the record, I didn't kill either of them.”
“I don't know what's going on in the world," he said. "Everything seemed so reasonable and scientific until I discovered my son was a fraud with the ability to hide my own memories from me. And now you come along. The captain at the gate told me you were executed and buried yesterday."
"He spoke to you? He didn't say a word to me," I said.
"Don't change the subject, young man. I'm accusing you of violating the laws of nature."
"Nature's virtue is intact. I just know some different laws.”
“Perhaps Legba, the loa Beauvoir credited with almost infinite access to the cyberspace matrix, could alter the flow of data as it was obtained by the scanners, rendering the vévés transparent.…”
“Time comes to us softly, slowly. It sits beside us for a while. Then, long before we are ready, it moves on.”
“الرجال لا يحبون دائما من يحترمون، والنساء بالعكس لايحترمن إلا من احبهن”
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