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“This is women’s way of feeling time pass, that sinister clockwork inching round the roundness of the body; the slow gathering of endometrial cells, a nesting, a fluffing of pillows ready to receive guests, the ripeness of the womb, fleshy and welcoming, all neat and tidy and, yes, ready to receive guests, even one, just a casual visitor, anything. And then realisation that the arrival time has been and gone, and no one is coming; the tearing of the wallpaper, great swathes of it, and tears of disappointment, of ageing, of loneliness. The womb revolts and shudders. The painters are in.”
― Creep
― Creep
“ما إن تبدأ السنة الجديدة، حتى يهمّوا بلمّ الغزلان من الشوارع وإطفاء الأنوار الجميلة. يعبّئونها في شاحنات كبيرة ويكدّسونها فوق بعضها لتتشابك أسلاكها المطفأة وسيقانها الرفيعة بحجّة انتهاء الاحتفالات. لا عيون لها كي يدركوا ذلّها. لا أفواه كي يسمعوا حشرجات إطفائها الأخير وتبعثرها فوق بعضها. لا دماء فيها كي تسيل حين يلوون الأسلاك كي تتسع الشاحنات لها. سينتظرون الوقت الذي تصبح فيه زينة قديمة وعرضها غير مناسب كي يجوبوا الساحات كلّها يطاردونها.”
― أعياد الشتاء
― أعياد الشتاء
“For the king knows that in order to dominate other cultures, you must capture not only their lands, crops and assets but also their collective imagination, their shared memories.”
― There Are Rivers in the Sky
― There Are Rivers in the Sky
“الحقيقة أنّ نيّتي كانت أن أقوم بكلّ شيء، أي أن أعمل لهدف وأن أؤدي دور الأمّ بعناية، مثلما فعلت دائمًا. الفرق الوحيد الآن هو أنّني .صرت محطّ أنظار الكثيرين”
― Becoming
― Becoming
“Aah, the books! The thought of the enormous pleasure of books quickened Asma’s pace. It was a good moment to lose herself in their joys.”
― Celestial Bodies
― Celestial Bodies
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