“A name is precious; it carries inside it a language, a history, a set of traditions, a particular way of looking at the world. Losing it meant losing my ties to all those things too.” WorldWayNamesLanguageParticularLosingTraditionTiesCarrie Book:The Moor's Account Source: The Moor's Account
“When I was a child, I was reading books filled with people different from me, all French, all foreigners. There was a sense of disconnect between my sense of imagination and the world around me, which I don't think is common for Americans. It forces you to learn to look at the world through other people's eyes.” PeopleThinkingWorldLooksChildrenBookDifferentEyeReadingForceImaginationCommonFilledReading BooksForeigners Author:Laila Lalami
