Passive Position Quotes by Fatema Mernissi

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• Maturity is when you start feeling the motion of zaman (time) as if it is a sensuous caress. p.216
• By putting the spotlight on the female child and framing her as the ideal of beauty, he condemns the mature woman to…
• Being frozen into the passive position of an object whose very existence depends on the eye of its beholder turn the educated…
• Pessimism is the luxury of the powerful.
• Nature is woman's best friend,' she [Yasmina] often said. 'If you're having troubles, you just swim in the water, stretch out in…
• Writing is one of the most ancient forms of prayer. To write is to believe communication is possible that other people are…

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