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“The veil is not the issue. The issue is the right to choose.
“He who finds a new path is a pathfinder, even if the trail has to be found again by others.
“The stranger is always a mirror reflecting our own fears.
“Home is not where you were born; home is where all your attempts to escape cease.
“Racism is the generalized and naturalized valorization of real or fictitious differences to the benefit of the accuser's profit.
“Traveling — it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.
“Writing for me is like a breath, like eating, like drinking.
“Some truths are buried so deep that silence becomes their only witness.
“A woman's body is her only true possession.
“Writing is to dare to tell what others prefer not to hear.
“Injustice is ruinous to civilisation.
“All their women from childhood are accustomed to spinning cotton and weaving cloth.
“Every man has his appointed time; it is courage that defines his path.
“Art is a way of seeing the world differently, of making sense of life.
“A line is not a boundary. It is a direction.
“I built fortresses, dredged canals, and fostered trade for prosperity.
“Writing is not a profession but a vocation of unhappiness.
“The most dangerous thing for a woman is silence.
“Do not be arrogant because of your knowledge. Consult the ignorant as well as the wise.
“We have to look back to move forward, understanding our history.