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Alifa Rifaat
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“She returned to the living room and poured out the coffee for herself. She was surprised at how calm she was.”
Alifa Rifaat (1930–1996) said by 1996 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Isn’t it better, when he returns, for your father to find himself with a legitimate son [rather] than an illegitimate grandson?”
Alifa Rifaat (1930–1996) said by 1996 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Daughter, I’m not crying now because I’m fed up or regret that the Lord created me a woman. No, it’s not that. It’s just that I’m sad about my life and my youth that have come and gone without my knowing how to live them really and truly as a woman.”
Alifa Rifaat (1930–1996) said by 1996 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Only blood,” he said, “washes dishonor clean.”
Alifa Rifaat (1930–1996) said by 1996 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Father, you gave me a real beating tonight.”
Alifa Rifaat (1930–1996) said by 1996 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The fact is there’s no joy for a girl in growing up, it’s just one disaster after another till you end up an old woman who’s good for nothing and who’s real lucky if she finds someone to feel sorry for her.”
Alifa Rifaat (1930–1996) said by 1996 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“(AWS, 1987; Page 8)”
Alifa Rifaat (1930–1996) said by 1996 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There was no doubt but that the secret of my passion for her, my preoccupation with her, was due to the excitement that had aroused, through intense fear, desire within myself; an excitement that was sufficiently strong to drive the blood hotly through my veins whenever the memory of her came to me, thrusting the blood in bursts that made my heart beat widly, my limbs limp.”
Alifa Rifaat (1930–1996) said by 1996 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“(AWS, 1987; Page 71)”
Alifa Rifaat (1930–1996) said by 1996 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“An idea would obtrude itself upon me sometimes: did Cleopatra, the very legend of love, have sexual intercourse with her serpent after having given up sleeping with men, having wearied of amorous adventures with them so that her sated instincts were no longer moved other than by the excitement of fear, her senses no longer aroused other than by bites from a snake? And the last of her lovers had been a viper that had destroyed her.”
Alifa Rifaat (1930–1996) said by 1996 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Perfect beauty is to be found only in woman,’ she said, ‘so yield to me and I shall let you taste undreamed of happiness…’”
Alifa Rifaat (1930–1996) said by 1996 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“(AWS, 1987; Page 75)”
Alifa Rifaat (1930–1996) said by 1996 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source