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“I did not know ow to be any differently--though I craved it. I held myself hostage and I am sure most of the time I did not know I was doing it.”
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“The centre of every poem is this:
I have loved you. I have had to deal with that.
— Salma Deera, Letters from Medea (2015)”
― Letters From Medea
I have loved you. I have had to deal with that.
— Salma Deera, Letters from Medea (2015)”
― Letters From Medea
“In front of my mother and my sisters, I pretend love is cheap and vulgar. I act like it’s a sin–I pretend that love is for women on a dark path. But at night I dream of a love so heavy it makes my spine throb. I dream up a lover who makes love like he is separating salt from water.”
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“Then he said: don't you know? I am trying to make you great.
And I said: I do not want to be great, I want to be loved.”
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And I said: I do not want to be great, I want to be loved.”
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“Finally, he said, "you know I love you right?"
And I said, "yes."
And then he said, "and you know that I would never want to hurt you?"
And I braced myself, because nobody ever says that unless they're about to hurt you.”
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And I said, "yes."
And then he said, "and you know that I would never want to hurt you?"
And I braced myself, because nobody ever says that unless they're about to hurt you.”
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