"It is that happy stretch of time when……" — 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 fleeting but it shines with significance. When each moment, each perception is brought out with care, unfolded like a precious gem from its layers of the softest tissue paper and laid in front of the beloved — turned this way and that, examined, considered."
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Ahdaf Soueif
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12 Quotes by Ahdaf Soueif
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That narrow stretch of sand knows nothing in the world better than it does the white waves that whip it…
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If people can write to each other across space, why can they not write across time too?
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