Books that have been on my to-read list for a long time. Primarily realistic fiction!
“What if female arousal is just the belief that you will not die at this mans hands?”
If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English
“As a society, you were unwilling to reflect upon the shared pain that united you with those who attacked you. You retreated into myths of your own difference, assumptions of your own superiority. And you acted out these beliefs on the stage of the w...
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
“But I MUST say what I feel and think in some way — it is such a relief! But the effort is getting to be greater than the relief.”
The Yellow Wall-Paper
“The human being is the cause of all evil in this world. We are our own virus.”
Tender Is the Flesh
“Rage can fuel you. But grief gnaws at you slow, a termite nibbling at your soul until you're a whisper of what you used to be.”
All My Rage
“They had once dug the earth for yams and planted seeds and prayed for rain. Now they dug for life and planted the dead and prayed for the end.”
Song Of The Sun God
“When someone dies, everything about them becomes past tense. Except for the grief. Grief stays in the present.”
Firekeeper's Daughter
“From what I understood, love was an extreme idea. A word that seemed to force something undefinable into the prison of letters. But the word was used so easily, so often. People spoke of love so casually, just to mean the slightest pleasure or thank...
Almond
“Ageing is nothing to be ashamed of Especially when the entire race is in it together Although sometimes it seems that she alone among her friends wants to celebrate getting older Because it’s such a privilege to not die prematurely”
Girl, Woman, Other
“In Egypt, the authorities are capable of failing at everything, except the subjugation of the Egyptians.”
The Republic of False Truths
“I wondered what happened when you offered yourself to someone, and they opened you, only to discover you were not the gift they expected and they had to smile and nod and say thank you all the same.”
Jodi Picoult: My Sister's Keeper
“The thing is - fear can't hurt you any more than a dream.”
Lord of the Flies
“Some feelings sink so deep into the heart that only loneliness can help you find them again. Some truths are so painful that only shame can help you live with them. Some things are so sad that only your soul can do the crying for them.”
Shantaram
“I have hated words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right.”
The Book Thief
"time doesn't heal wounds at all, perhaps that is the biggest lie of them all, and instead what happens is that each wound penetrates the body deeper and deeper until one day you find that the sheer geography of your bones - the angle of your hips, t...
The Space Between Us
“This life is difficult. We lose fathers, brothers, mothers, songbirds and pieces of ourselves. Whips strike the innocent, honors go to the guilty, and there is too much loneliness. I would be a fool to pray for my children to escape all of that. Ask...
