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“Nafsha is so concerned with my virginity. I am beginning to think she would wed me herself. Alas, the only tool she might use to make me a woman is her tongue -- and it is far too sharp for me to allow it beneath my skirts.”
― Libbie Hawker, Daughter of Sand and Stone

tags: arranged-marriage, indignation, libbie-hawker, marriage, nafsha, skirts, smackdown, tongue-in-cheek, zenobia

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“Had my father loved my mother? He never spoke of her. I always imagined a traditional marriage between them--one built with the strong bones of respect, but stripped of the soft skin of love.”
― Kay Honeyman, The Fire Horse Girl

tags: arranged-marriage, chinese-culture, love, traditionalism

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“Ton père et le sien, en amis fraternels, jurèrent de s'unir par leurs enfants. Ton fiancé avait alors six ans. Tu naquis dans le cercle de cette année-là. Telle était ta destinée. Tu fus élevée dans ce dessein.”
― Pearl Buck

tags: arranged-marriage, sexism

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“Nina could defend arranged marriages in her sleep, she had been asked about them so often. To her horror, she had even begun to sound like her mother.”
― Manju Kapur

tags: arranged-marriage

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