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> [It is that happy stretch of time when the lovers set to chronicling their passion. When no glance, no tone of voice is so fleeting but it shines with significance. When each moment, each perception is brought out with care,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ahdaf-soueif/it-is-that-happy-stretch-of-time-when-the-lovers-set-to-chronicling/)

[Ahdaf Soueif](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ahdaf-soueif/)

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## More by Ahdaf Soueif

> [“There have been those among us who have been so dazzled by the might and technological wizardy of Europe that they have been rather…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ahdaf-soueif/there-have-been-those-among-us-who-have-been-so-dazzled-by-the-might/)

[Ahdaf Soueif](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ahdaf-soueif/)

> [“It was too cold to dream”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ahdaf-soueif/it-was-too-cold-to-dream/)

[Ahdaf Soueif](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ahdaf-soueif/)

> [And Egypt ? What is Egypt strenght?her resilience ?her ability to absorb poeple and events into the pores of her being? is that true…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ahdaf-soueif/and-egypt-what-is-egypt-strenght-her-resilience-her-ability-to-absorb/)

[Ahdaf Soueif](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ahdaf-soueif/)

> [“Put football instead of cricket and she could have been me. She could have been Arwa, or Deena or any of the girls I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ahdaf-soueif/put-football-instead-of-cricket-and-she-could-have-been-me-she-could/)

[Ahdaf Soueif](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ahdaf-soueif/)

> [“ I fancy he is attempting to purge himself of — all manner of things. I beg him to take heart, for our Lord…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ahdaf-soueif/i-fancy-he-is-attempting-to-purge-himself-of-all-manner-of-things-i/)

[Ahdaf Soueif](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ahdaf-soueif/)

> [Egypt.mother of civilization, dreaming herself through the centuries. Dreaming us all, her children: those who stay and work for her and complain of her,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ahdaf-soueif/egypt-mother-of-civilization-dreaming-herself-through-the-centuries/)

[Ahdaf Soueif](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ahdaf-soueif/)

> [“Ya Ummi(my mother), I cannot live my life with a woman who has no key to my mind and does not share my concerns.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ahdaf-soueif/ya-ummi-my-mother-i-cannot-live-my-life-with-a-woman-who-has-no-key/)

[Ahdaf Soueif](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ahdaf-soueif/)

> [It is that happy stretch of time when the lovers set to chronicling their passion. When no glance, no tone of voice is so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ahdaf-soueif/it-is-that-happy-stretch-of-time-when-the-lovers-set-to-chronicling/)

[Ahdaf Soueif](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ahdaf-soueif/)

> [“The encompassing silence and the ease(or difference) of my companions have left my soul free to contemplate, to drink in the wonder of this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ahdaf-soueif/the-encompassing-silence-and-the-ease-or-difference-of-my-companions/)

[Ahdaf Soueif](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ahdaf-soueif/)

> [I now find myself looking at every sentence, every image, that purports to tell the West about the Arabs and the Muslims with this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ahdaf-soueif/i-now-find-myself-looking-at-every-sentence-every-image-that-purports/)

[Ahdaf Soueif](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ahdaf-soueif/)

> [“and the thought of relieving my mourning, even slightly, for a moment filled me with a kind of fear.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ahdaf-soueif/and-the-thought-of-relieving-my-mourning-even-slightly-for-a-moment/)

[Ahdaf Soueif](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ahdaf-soueif/)

> [“Every day she waits for night-time. She goes to bed at half past eight because that is the earliest time she can imagine going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ahdaf-soueif/every-day-she-waits-for-night-time-she-goes-to-bed-at-half-past-eight/)

[Ahdaf Soueif](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ahdaf-soueif/)

> [“I suppose it has been said that art sometimes benefits from a touch of madness”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ahdaf-soueif/i-suppose-it-has-been-said-that-art-sometimes-benefits-from-a-touch/)

[Ahdaf Soueif](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ahdaf-soueif/)

> [Tell me, if you thought a man had a tendresse for you, but he wasn't doing anything about it. And you wanted to hurry…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ahdaf-soueif/tell-me-if-you-thought-a-man-had-a-tendresse-for-you-but-he-wasn-t/)

[Ahdaf Soueif](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ahdaf-soueif/)

> [“Palestinian weddings are celebrated over coffee, but when a young man is killed his mother is held up over his grave. 'Trill out your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ahdaf-soueif/palestinian-weddings-are-celebrated-over-coffee-but-when-a-young-man/)

[Ahdaf Soueif](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ahdaf-soueif/)

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