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Each day traders are kidnapping our people- children of this country, sons of our nobles and vassals, even people of our own family… this corruption and depravity are so widespread that our land is entirely depopulated…it is our wish that this kingdom not be a place for the trade or transport of slaves. - king affonso I p. 13

P.113-114 they would need to be resistant to any sudden movements we might make amid camaraderie with strangers who were indigenous and who offered food and drink and music without asking for anything in return, and the closer we got to them the more they welcomed, shouting out in laughter and raising their jugs like the yampy grues they were, and the louder…from our land.”

P. 222 “As I walk, the voice in my head whispers again. And I cannot help but be chilled from head to toe: If the revolution succeeds, what if what follows is worse?”

P. 170 For trying to better a country, for fighting for our rights, for demanding equality and a fair chance for all, a woman should not be arrested, imprisoned, shut up, enclosed, forsaken.

P.158 “but the truth is I so prefer the bravery of your generation of women. That’s what I admire. You’re not afraid. You’re fierce. You and your friends are shir zan!” Shir zan. The Persian phrase that translates to “lion women.” Homa had always loved to tell me that we would grow up to become lionesses.