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Mona Awad
“Without the sun, what’s the moon? Just a rock in the outer dark. Its illumination just a trick. Just a trick from the sun’s light, which it steals. And that’s what Beauty is too.”
Mona Awad, Rouge

Mona Awad
“It's the hour when all the shop mannequins conspire to look menacing. When they all appear to be smirking a little. The mannequins always reminded me of mother. Flawless, white, smiling.”
Mona Awad, Rouge

Mona Awad
“She used to tell you fairy tales at night, remember? Once upon a time. When you were a sad, dreamy little girl. Each night you lay in your princess bed, surrounded by your glassy-eyed dolls, waiting for her like a wish”
Mona Awad, Rouge

Mona Awad
“Thank god, I tell myself. Which god, I don't know. Between Mother's and Father's gods, I picture a wide black space full of stars. That's the space I whisper up to. Maybe there's a god there too. My own”
Mona Awad, Rouge

Mona Awad
“If I had beauty, I decided then, I would never throw it away. I would never give it up.”
Mona Awad, Rouge
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