Zainab

“All oppression creates a state of war. And this is no exception.”
― Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex

“One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.”
― Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex

“In the beginning, God created the earth, and he looked upon it in His cosmic loneliness.

And God said, "Let Us make living creatures out of mud, so the mud can see what We have done." And God created every living creature that now moveth, and one was man. Mud as man alone could speak. God leaned close to mud as man sat up, looked around, and spoke. Man blinked. "What is the purpose of all this?" he asked politely.

"Everything must have a purpose?" asked God.

"Certainly," said man.

"Then I leave it to you to think of one for all this," said God.

And He went away.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Cat’s Cradle

“...[A]nything worth dying for ... is certainly worth living for.”
― Joseph Heller, Catch-22