Donika

“I will wait by the gate until I see your face. I have waited a decade, haven't I, in this limited life? Waiting in the endless one would be no sacrifice. And Inshallah one day, I know I will see you approaching. You will look just as you did at twenty, that year you first left us, and I will also be as I was in my youth. We will look like brothers on that day. We will walk together, as equals.”
― Fatima Farheen Mirza, A Place for Us

“What had she done to her brother, so that she could survive, so that she could be the one who thrived?”
― Fatima Farheen Mirza, A Place for Us

“ ‘There is another way. Come back, and we will make another path.’ And if he says no, and if he says nothing, will you say this: ‘I used the wrong words. I acted the wrong ways. I will wait, until you are ready. I will always wait for you.’ ”
― Fatima Farheen Mirza, A Place for Us

“Perhaps the most revolutionary act for a woman will be a self-willed journey—and to be welcomed when she comes home.”
― Gloria Steinem, My Life on the Road