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“...for one thing you learns when you is a girl is that most women's hearts is full of secrets.”

Book:The Good Lord Bird

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The Good Lord Bird

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James McBride

James McBride is an American writer known for his versatile talent and profound social commentary. His works span across various domains including music, history, and race, with his most notable titles being 'The Color of Water' and 'Crossing Over'. His writing style is distinctive, blending personal experiences with broader social issues. more

“She wasn’t a bird in a cage. A bird in a cage, when the cage is opened, can still fly away. She was a bird embroidered onto a screen — a white bird in clouds of gold stitched onto a screen of melancholy satin. The years passed; the bird’s feathers darkened, mildewed, and were eaten by moths, but the bird stayed on the screen even in death.”

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Book:Love in a Fallen City

Source: Love in a Fallen City

“Don't be afraid of books, even the most dissident, seemingly 'immoral' ones. Culture is a sure bet in life, whether high, low, eclectic, pop, ancient or modern. And I am convinced that reading is one of the most important tools of liberation that any human being, and a contemporary Arab woman in particular, can exploit. I am not saying it is the ONLY tool, especially with all the new alternative - more visual, interactive and hasty - ways of knowledge, learning and growth. But how could I not be convinced of literature's power, when it has been my original emancipator?”

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Book:I Killed Scheherazade: Confessions of an Angry Arab Woman

Source: I Killed Scheherazade: Confessions of an Angry Arab Woman

“I look forward to being older, when what you look like becomes less and less an issue and what you are is the point." (As quoted in Put Your Big Girl Panties on and Deal with it, Roz Van Meter, 2007)”

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