Natalee Nassar
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You can refuse to give up, but nonetheless be broken in the process of not surrendering.
“Justice work is complex and imperfect and incremental, built on past victories and by seeing the best intentions in one another. Every step counts.”
― I Have Always Been Me: A Memoir
― I Have Always Been Me: A Memoir
“As we drove away, I asked Dariush whether it was not a relief that under Khatami, such run-ins happened a couple times a year, instead of every weekend. He gave me a searching look. “However infrequent, I do not find any consolation in the fact that my fate is determined by the whim of an armed sixteen-year-old.”
― Lipstick Jihad: A Memoir of Growing up Iranian in America and American in Iran
― Lipstick Jihad: A Memoir of Growing up Iranian in America and American in Iran
“Life is sometimes using a knife to comb your hair, because absolutely nothing else works, and life always finds a way through.”
― Find Layla
― Find Layla
“Is there anywhere that you feel like you can be your full self?” I ask. “No!” she yells, slapping the table and laughing. It’s a huge, contagious laugh, and it cuts through the noise of the bar. A few college kids look over at us. “Never! I don’t think I’ve ever been my full self anywhere. I don’t even think that’s a thing.”
― Tomboyland: Essays
― Tomboyland: Essays
“Here I was trying to find a way home—and by home what I meant was that feeling I belonged.”
― They Said They Wanted Revolution: A Memoir of My Parents
― They Said They Wanted Revolution: A Memoir of My Parents
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