"What did she see in me? What does she see that I don't?"

-- Julie Anne Peters

“The desert came into view ... sand and palm trees, a way of life that revolved around human beings without possessions or skills, who had to rely on their imaginations to contrive a way of making their hearts beat faster or even to keep them at a normal pace; to search unaided for a hidden gleam of light, and to live with two seasons a year instead of four.”

Source : Hanan Al-Shaykh (2010). “Women of Sand and Myrrh”, p.352, A&C Black
“A caprice is handled like a stew, and the pepper is added at the last minute.”
“We debated long over the situation for it is a very difficult question and all of us recognize its difficulty.”
“When we, hijras, started our activism, we had to tell people, "We exist, we are humans. Please give us nothing but our basic dignity." The biggest misery in the world, I believe, is the feeling of being unloved, and that this community faces a lot. You're not even considered to be human. You're considered transparent. We were ignored until we started organizing, when HIV first became a factor. Even in the HIV world, people could not believe that hijras have sex. And then also we were put in the category of men having sex with men, the gay community.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“I hope it won't come as a surprise to anyone that a big part of male homosexual behavior is interest in young boys.”
“The spell was simple and I'd said half of it before she even figured out that it was a spell. Since you like bubbles so, In a bubble you must go. In that bubble you will stay Till your bubbles go away. Sound can't pass from inside out Even if you scream or shout. If you want to be set free, End your spell, that's the key”

Source : E.D. Baker (2008). “Once Upon a Curse”, p.189, Bloomsbury Publishing USA
“I'm so organised. I never screw up. I've done it maybe twice before. I check my calendar seven times a day.”
“Let me but make a beginning, let me but strike the world in a vulnerable spot, and I can take it by storm.”

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