ATSS Quotes Flashcards
“There is only one skill a woman like you and me needs in life […]: tahamul. Endure.”
Nana, Part 1 Chapter 3
“It’s what married people do. It’s what the Prophet himself and his wives did. There is no shame.”
Rasheed, Part 1 Chapter 11
“Now you know what your rice tastes like. Now you know what you’ve given me in this marriage. Bad food, and nothing else.”
Rasheed, Part 1 Chapter 15
“Marriage can wait, education cannot. A society has no chance of success if its women are uneducated. No chance.”
Babi, Part 2 Chapter 16
“One could not count the moons that shimmer on her roofs, or the thousand splendid suns that hide behind her walls.”
Babi (quoting poem), Part 2, Chapter 26
“People will talk. It looks dishonourable, an unmarried young woman living here. It’s bad for my reputation. And hers. And yours, I might add.”
Rasheed, Part 3 Chapter 29
You may be the palace malika and me a dehati, but I won’t take orders from you. You can complain to him and he can slit my throat, but I won’t do it. Do you hear me? I won’t be your servant.”
Mariam to Laila, Part 3, Chapter 31
“I am nobody, don’t you see? A dehati. What have I got to give you?”
Mariam to Aziza, Part 3, Chapter 35
Something tells me you are not a wicked woman, hamshira. But you have done a wicked thing. And you must pay for this thing you have done.”
Judge at Mariam’s trial, Part 3, Chapter 47
“You try this again and I will find you. I swear on the Prophet’s name that I will find you. And, when I do, there isn’t a court in this godforsaken country that will hold me accountable for what I will do.”
Rasheed to Laila and Mariam, Part 3, Chapter 36
