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What had come so naturally at first was now backfiring on my parents, as it dawned on them that they had confused desire with love, and that each of them had invented qualities in the other. It turned out they hadn’t shared dreams, merely
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“Ah yes, a certain degree of rebelliousness is expected from youth. It is why we have stories of treasure-seeking princesses and warrior women that end with the occasional happiness. But they are expected to end—with the boy, the prince, the sailor, the adventurer. The man that will take her maidenhood, grant her children, make her a wife. The man who defines her. He may continue his epic—he may indeed take new wives and make new children!—but women’s stories are expected to dissolve into a fog of domesticity . . . if they’re told at all.”
― The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi
― The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi
“I have traveled widely enough that I take everything written about “foreigners” with doubt and know better than to judge a community by their worst individuals.”
― The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi
― The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi
“I have traveled widely enough that I take everything written about “foreigners” with doubt and know better than to judge a community by their worst individuals.”
― The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi
― The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi
“A woman can lower her gaze only so often without tripping over her feet.”
― The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi
― The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi
“I have not survived this long by confusing courage with foolishness. People may call my kind sea rats, but let me tell you ,rats know when to fucking run.”
― The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi
― The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi
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