Mariam

“And no one knew better than I did what it meant to make your own head masculine so that it would be accepted by the culture of men; I had done it, I was doing it.”
― Elena Ferrante, Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay

“the only truth is that every human being is a small island. You can build bridges, but you’ll always be an island and everything else is a lie.”
― Marcela Serrano, Ten Women

“أشعر أحياناً بأنني مُستعملة ، الرجال لا يشعرون أبداً بهذا الشعور لأنهم حتى عندما يُستعملون لا ينتبهون إلى ذلك ويظنون انهم من يَستعملون”
― Marcela Serrano, Diez mujeres

“Perhaps the solution is to have a little project every day. If there’s no reason for you to get up in the morning it really doesn’t matter if you are alive or dead.”
― Marcela Serrano, Ten Women