Carolina QuotesHer voice continued to echo in my ears, vibrating in my head, in the cell, in the prison, in the streets, in the whole world, shaking everything, spreading fear wherever it went, the fear of the truth which kills, the power of truth, as savage, and as simple, and as awesome as death, yet as simple and as gentle as a child that has not yet learnt to lie.
Nawal El Saadawi Connected to the Carolinas
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Nawal’s conversation with Firdaus seems to lift a veil from her eyes. It is as if she had spent her entire life believing in an illusion, and that simply speaking with Firdaus had made her realize that her whole life, and the lives of those around her, was based on lies.
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- Woman at Point Zero (1975)
- year
- 1975
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“Her voice continued to echo in my ears, vibrating in my head…” Nawal El Saadawi. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-53B2166EAD. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/53b2166ead
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