Fatema Mernissi

Quotes

• “Happiness was when there was a balance between what you gave and what you took”
• “Pessimism is the luxury of the powerful.”
• “Being frozen into the passive position of an object whose very existence depends on the eye of its beholder turn the educated modern Western women into a harem slave.”
• “Pessimism is the luxury of the powerful.”
• “But when your situation is hopeless, all you can do is turn the world upside down, transform it according to your wishes, and create anew.”
• “There are many ways to be beautiful. Fighting, swearing, and ignoring tradition could make a women irresistible.”

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