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Fatema Mernissi quotes: To be alive is to move around, to search for better places, to scavenge the planet looking for more hospitable islands.

To be alive is to move around, to search for better places, to scavenge the planet looking for more hospitable islands.

Fatema Mernissi quotes: There are two prerequisites to growing wings: the first is to feel encircled and the second is to believe that you can break the circle.

There are two prerequisites to growing wings: the first is to feel encircled and the second is to believe that you can break the circle.

Fatema Mernissi quotes: A woman could be totally powerless, and still give meaning to her life by dreaming about flight.

A woman could be totally powerless, and still give meaning to her life by dreaming about flight.

Fatema Mernissi quotes: To be happy a woman had to think hard, during long silent hours, about how to make each small step forward.

To be happy a woman had to think hard, during long silent hours, about how to make each small step forward.

Fatema Mernissi quotes: Pessimism is the luxury of the powerful.

Pessimism is the luxury of the powerful.

Fatema Mernissi quotes: Beauty is within; you just have to bring it out.

Beauty is within; you just have to bring it out.

Fatema Mernissi quotes: Morocco is such a beautiful place. It's incredibly beautiful. And also it is captivating place because for a writer, you feel that you make impact.

Morocco is such a beautiful place. It's incredibly beautiful. And also it is captivating place because for a writer, you feel that you make impact.

Fatema Mernissi quotes: The real mistake of women was to let the memoir, the collective, the history, space of producing history - to let it in the hands of men.

The real mistake of women was to let the memoir, the collective, the history, space of producing history - to let it in the hands of men.

Fatema Mernissi quotes: There are many ways to be beautiful. Fighting, swearing, and ignoring tradition could make a women irresistible.

There are many ways to be beautiful. Fighting, swearing, and ignoring tradition could make a women irresistible.

Fatema Mernissi quotes: I am intelligent enough to be critical towards the West and take what I need and reject what is bad for me.

I am intelligent enough to be critical towards the West and take what I need and reject what is bad for me.

Fatema Mernissi quotes: She would take him to faraway lands to observe foreign ways, so he could get closer to the strangeness within himself.

She would take him to faraway lands to observe foreign ways, so he could get closer to the strangeness within himself.

Fatema Mernissi quotes: Maturity is when you start feeling the motion of zaman (time) as if it is a sensuous caress. p.216

Maturity is when you start feeling the motion of zaman (time) as if it is a sensuous caress. p.216

Fatema Mernissi quotes: 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.

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.

Fatema Mernissi quotes: I knew that if you moved around, your mind worked faster, because you were constantly seeing new things that you had to respond to.

I knew that if you moved around, your mind worked faster, because you were constantly seeing new things that you had to respond to.