Jean Sasson > Quotes

“How true is it that humanity refuses compromise during prosperity, and reaches out for arbitration when weak.”
― Jean P. Sasson, Princess Sultana's Daughters

“Poverty can turn a person into a flaming torch for change and revolution, without which mankind would come to a standstill.”
― Jean Sasson

“(All the grief she had suffered over her lifetime had moulded her face into a mask of eternal sadness)”
― Jean Sasson

“I've often observed that women can be the weakest link in women's rights.”
― Jean Sasson

“Where were the peacekeepers? Where was the UN? Why was the entire world ignoring Saddam's attack upon his own people? Were we Kurds considered so unworthy, so disposable? I longed to stand at the top of the mountain and shout out, Where are you, world? Where are you ?”
― Jean Sasson, Love in a Torn Land: Joanna of Kurdistan: The True Story of a Freedom Fighter's Escape from Iraqi Vengeance

“You go first.
Go through the door before me.
Enter the limousine while I wait by your side.
Enter the shops while I stand behind, guarding your back.
Sit at the table before me.
Please, sample the tastiest morsels while I sit quietly.
My desire is that you go first, in every occasion of earthly life.
Only once will I go before you,
And that will be at my last moment.
For when death claims us, you must go last.
Because I can't live one second without you.”
― Jean Sasson

“Like many a modern parent, I had no clear notion of how to help my most troubled child.”
― Jean Sasson, Princess Sultana's Daughters

“happiness is realized only in the face of unhappiness”
― Jean Sasson, Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia

“Storytelling is power. A powerful book or movie can inform and inflame.”
― Jean Sasson, Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia

“Patience is the key to solutions.”
― Jean Sasson, Princess

“When we look back, it becomes clear that the acts and accomplishments of human beings are the signatures of history. Human signatures have created an enormous chasm between the joyeous light of the age of the Renaissance to the dark shadow of September 11, 2001. Those of us living on that fateful day experienced the lower depths of mankind. As an author, avid reader, world traveler, and person of enormous curiosity, my life experiences have taught me that discord often erupts from a lack of knowledge and education. To discourage future dark moments, I believe we must nourish the minds of our young with learning that creates understanding between ethnic and religious groups. Perhaps understanding will lead to a marvelous day when we take a last fleeting look at violence so harmful to so many. I sincerely believe that nothing will further the cause of peace more than the education of our young. I would like for readers to know that a percentage of the profits from the sale of this book will be devoted to the cause of education.

May all roads lead to peace.”
― Jean Sasson, Growing Up bin Laden: Osama's Wife and Son Take Us Inside Their Secret World

“I would be the master of my life, no matter what actions I would have to take or pain I would have to endure”
― Jean Sasson, Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia

“Beware of those who look like rose, for even roses have thorns.”
― Jean Sasson, Princess Sultana's Daughters

“The greatest of all riches is education”
― Jean Sasson, Princess, More Tears to Cry

“For the first time since giving birth so many years before, I grew weary of motherhood, and wondered how many more generations of women could be enticed to burden themselves with the solitary and thankless procreation, nourishing, and guidance of the human race.”
― Jean Sasson

“If nothing else, I have learned that aging has nothing to do with the accumulation of years. Aging is the inevitable defeat of parents by their young.”
― Jean Sasson

“sadly, all of my wounds had been inflicted by men”
― Jean Sasson, Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia

“A wise man was once asked what was the most difficult truth in life to uncover. His reply was: 'to know thyself'.”
― Jean Sasson, Princess Sultana's Daughters

“Only when you drink from the river of silence, shall you indeed sing. And, when you have reached the mountain top, then you shall begin to climb. And, when the earth shall claim your limbs, then shall you truly dance.
-Khalid Gibran”
― Jean Sasson, Princess Sultana's Daughters

“If you stand near a blacksmith, you will get covered in soot, but if you stand near a perfume seller, you will carry an aroma of scent with you.”
― Jean Sasson, Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia

“Courage is contagious”
― Jean Sasson, Princess, More Tears to Cry

“Every straight line can be forced into a curve!”
― Jean Sasson, Princess Sultana's Daughters

“Your tongue is your horse, and if you let it loose it will betray you.”
― Jean Sasson, Desert Royal: Princess 3

“In my land, in the event of a divorce, the mother has the right to retain her children if they are still suckling. But in most cases, a mother maintains custody of daughters until a girl child reaches puberty. In the case of male children, the boy should be allowed to remain with his mother until he is seven. When he reaches his seventh birthday, he is supposed to have the option to choose between his mother or father. Generally it is accepted that the father have his sons at age seven. A son must go with his father at the age of puberty, regardless of the child's wishes. Often, in the case of male children, many fathers will not allow the mother to retain custody of a son, no matter what the age of the child.”
― Jean Sasson, Princess Sultana's Daughters

“Only when we evolved as spirited stallions, with a strong will of our own, would we progress and leave the era of those primitives behind us.”
― Jean Sasson, Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia

“the emancipation of women is a freedom worth fighting for”
― Jean Sasson, Princess Sultana's Circle

“Saudi Arabia, and began having children, Osama bin Laden completed his high school education at the Al-Thager”
― Jean Sasson, Growing Up Bin Laden

“We must support all women in their endeavors to help others. When you harm a woman, you harm the whole world.”
― Jean Sasson, Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia

“it was a known topic: The day of the virgin was leaving our land! Ali puckered”
― Jean Sasson, Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia

“only the men and the wind are completely free”
― Jean Sasson, Princess Sultana's Daughters