““Who would care if I became pregnant, who would be scandalized? Aunty Eva, Anwar's flatmates. Omar would never know unless I wrote to him. Uncle Saleh was across the world. A few years back, getting pregnant would have shocked Khartoum society, given my father a heart attack, dealt a blow ti my mother's marriage, and mild, modern Omar, instead of beating me, would called me a slut. And now nothing, no one. This empty space was called freedom.””
![“How much [vastly {immensely tremendously}...] Anwar loves [t]his child. It continues to take him by surprise [even when she confounds him with the havoc of her room {for example} which she will proudly describe {defend!} as clean {those beautiful messes } even as {in the next moment} she will…” quote by Mark Z. Danielewski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/3ac/mark-z-danielewski-2497_children_how-much-vastly-immensely-tremendously-a_2273435.jpg)
![“How much [vastly {immensely (unfathomably) tremendously}...] Anwar loves [t]his child. It continues to take him by surprise [even when she confounds him with the havoc of her room {for example} which she will proudly describe {defend!} as clean {those beautiful messes (beautiful even today)} even…” quote by Mark Z. Danielewski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/886/mark-z-danielewski-2497_family_how-much-vastly-immensely-unfathomably-t_3082755.jpg)
