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1 " People confuse early rising with moral worth; "
― Hilary Mantel , Eight Months on Ghazzah Street
2 " Life is not like detective stories. There is a wider scope for interpretation. The answers to all the questions that beset you are not in facts, which are the greatest illusion of all, but in your own heart, in your own habits, in your limitations, in your fear. "
3 " But what would happen … I mean, what would be so awful … if they did meet up?” “Why, it would be like the West,” Samira said. “There would be harassment. People would be all the time having love affair. "
4 " They always say, we’ll just do another year. It’s called the golden handcuffs. "
5 " all colors of people mingle in the souks and squares. But they do not merge. "
6 " why doesn’t Yasmin distinguish … between private morality and public order? "
7 " Because Islam doesn’t,” he said, his voice toneless, "