Karima Bentoumi > Karima's Quotes

“A woman at a certain age who is unmarried, our society teaches her to see it as a deep personal failure. And a man, after a certain age isn’t married, we just think he hasn’t come around to making his pick.”
― Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, We Should All Be Feminists

“Men go to far greater lengths to avoid what they fear than to obtain what they desire.”
― Dan Brown, The Da Vinci Code

“Anyone who thinks sitting in church can make you a Christian must also think that sitting in a garage can make you a car.”
― Garrison Keillor

“J'ai commencé ma vie comme je la finirai sans doute : au milieu des livres.”
― Jean-Paul Sartre, The Words: The Autobiography of Jean-Paul Sartre

“الكذب فى بلادنا ليس إسستثناء ولكنه من فرط التكرار صار يشبه الحقيقة”
― واسيني الأعرج, شرفات بحر الشمال

“Genuine love is rarely an emotional space where needs are instantly gratified. To know love we have to invest time and commitment...'dreaming that love will save us, solve all our problems or provide a steady state of bliss or security only keeps us stuck in wishful fantasy, undermining the real power of the love -- which is to transform us.' Many people want love to function like a drug, giving them an immediate and sustained high. They want to do nothing, just passively receive the good feeling.”
― bell hooks