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G. Willow Wilson quotes: Real tolerance means respecting other people even when they baffle you and you have no idea why they think what they think. Real tolerance means respecting other people even when they baffle you and you have no idea why they think what they think.
G. Willow Wilson quotes: Is not just any bint," he said. "This is a philosopher-queen, a sultana ... Is not just any bint," he said. "This is a philosopher-queen, a sultana ...
G. Willow Wilson quotes: We don't want to create a literary ghetto in which black writers are only allowed to write black characters and women writers are put on 'girl books.' We don't want to create a literary ghetto in which black writers are only allowed to write black characters and women writers are put on 'girl books.'
G. Willow Wilson quotes: So many people are of mixed heritage; everyone is from somewhere else. So many people are of mixed heritage; everyone is from somewhere else.
G. Willow Wilson quotes: I think comics are really part of The Zeitgeist. They reflect back to us the issues that we're concerned about in the time they are written. I think comics are really part of The Zeitgeist. They reflect back to us the issues that we're concerned about in the time they are written.
G. Willow Wilson quotes: Be careful with this one" said Dina, bending down to greet the cat. "All cats are half jinn, but I think she's three quarters. Be careful with this one" said Dina, bending down to greet the cat. "All cats are half jinn, but I think she's three quarters.
G. Willow Wilson quotes: Jhumpa Lahiri calls living in a foreign country "an eternal pregnancy"; an uncomfortable wait for something impossible to define. Jhumpa Lahiri calls living in a foreign country "an eternal pregnancy"; an uncomfortable wait for something impossible to define.
G. Willow Wilson quotes: A hero is just somebody who tries to do the right thing even when it's hard. There are more of us than you think. A hero is just somebody who tries to do the right thing even when it's hard.
There are more of us than you think.
G. Willow Wilson quotes: I'm writing in English; I'm writing for a Western audience, but the people I'm surrounded by in my daily life are mostly non-white. I'm writing in English; I'm writing for a Western audience, but the people I'm surrounded by in my daily life are mostly non-white.
G. Willow Wilson quotes: The story of a passionate woman in a stale marriage is as old as Helen of Troy. The story of a passionate woman in a stale marriage is as old as Helen of Troy.
G. Willow Wilson quotes: Controversy is what mediocre people start because they can't communicate anything meaningful. Controversy is what mediocre people start because they can't communicate anything meaningful.
G. Willow Wilson quotes: The Qur'an is God's property, not mine. The Qur'an is God's property, not mine.
G. Willow Wilson quotes: Birds make music, river reeds in wind make music. Babies make music. God would not forbid something that is the sharia of innocent creatures. Birds make music, river reeds in wind make music. Babies make music. God would not forbid something that is the sharia of innocent creatures.
G. Willow Wilson quotes: Revolutions are 90% social diarrhea. Revolutions are 90% social diarrhea.
G. Willow Wilson quotes: Unique is not the same as alone. Unique is not the same as alone.
G. Willow Wilson quotes: Man was exiled from the Garden for eating a single fruit, and now you propose to uproot the whole tree without the angels noticing. Man was exiled from the Garden for eating a single fruit, and now you propose to uproot the whole tree without the angels noticing.
G. Willow Wilson quotes: The first comic I ever read was an 'X-Men' themed anti-smoking PSA they gave out in health class when I was about 10. The first comic I ever read was an 'X-Men' themed anti-smoking PSA they gave out in health class when I was about 10.
G. Willow Wilson quotes: Anything undertaken with honest intentions can be justly defended. Anything undertaken with honest intentions can be justly defended.
G. Willow Wilson quotes: I keep setting the bar higher for myself in terms of what I'm trying to accomplish. I keep setting the bar higher for myself in terms of what I'm trying to accomplish.
G. Willow Wilson quotes: Dear child, some stories have no morals. Sometimes darkness and madness are simply that. Dear child, some stories have no morals. Sometimes darkness and madness are simply that.
G. Willow Wilson quotes: I don't want foreigners involved in my business. Jinn are one thing but I draw the line at Americans. I don't want foreigners involved in my business. Jinn are one thing but I draw the line at Americans.
G. Willow Wilson quotes: I've wanted to write comics ever since I figured out it was a job. I've wanted to write comics ever since I figured out it was a job.
G. Willow Wilson quotes: Love the life you have been given. And be humbled by it. It is not to be despised. Love the life you have been given. And be humbled by it. It is not to be despised.
G. Willow Wilson quotes: At some point, the devoted pass from belief into certainty. I did not believe in Islam; I opened my eyes every morning and saw it. At some point, the devoted pass from belief into certainty. I did not believe in Islam; I opened my eyes every morning and saw it.
G. Willow Wilson quotes: Anytime you're writing stories about a group of people with whom you have limited experience, there's a lot of guesswork. Anytime you're writing stories about a group of people with whom you have limited experience, there's a lot of guesswork.
G. Willow Wilson quotes: I think people, especially in the Muslim community, are rightly cautious any time you hear, 'Oh, there's going to be a Muslim character.' I think people, especially in the Muslim community, are rightly cautious any time you hear, 'Oh, there's going to be a Muslim character.'
G. Willow Wilson quotes: All problems are simply interruptions in the transmission and preservation of data, he reminded himself. All problems are simply interruptions in the transmission and preservation of data, he reminded himself.
G. Willow Wilson quotes: The 'Islam vs. the West' dialogue ceased to be about real people a long time ago. The 'Islam vs. the West' dialogue ceased to be about real people a long time ago.
G. Willow Wilson quotes: 'Lost' makes a lot of sense to me, philosophically. 'Lost' makes a lot of sense to me, philosophically.
G. Willow Wilson quotes: Ninety percent of the comic books I've written in the past had little or nothing to do with Islam. Ninety percent of the comic books I've written in the past had little or nothing to do with Islam.
G. Willow Wilson quotes: Most people know Muslims in their community but don't realize it. Most people know Muslims in their community but don't realize it.
G. Willow Wilson quotes: For me, insomnia was something ordinary, and it came and went for ordinary reasons. For me, insomnia was something ordinary, and it came and went for ordinary reasons.
G. Willow Wilson quotes: Comic book readers tend to be pretty secular and anti-authoritarian; nothing is above satire in their eyes. Comic book readers tend to be pretty secular and anti-authoritarian; nothing is above satire in their eyes.
G. Willow Wilson quotes: I would have done anything for Intisar. Her love was like three kebab meals to me, with tahini and hot peppers. I never took her for granted. Never. I would have done anything for Intisar. Her love was like three kebab meals to me, with tahini and hot peppers. I never took her for granted. Never.
G. Willow Wilson quotes: Muslims are ordinary members of the working public, just like you. Muslims are ordinary members of the working public, just like you.
G. Willow Wilson quotes: The road to democracy is rarely smooth, but for Egyptian women, it has been exceptionally bumpy. The road to democracy is rarely smooth, but for Egyptian women, it has been exceptionally bumpy.
G. Willow Wilson quotes: We don't hinge on universes. We hinge on little things. We don't hinge on universes. We hinge on little things.
G. Willow Wilson quotes: Destiny and choice are the same thing. You chose to be here, so it couldn't have happened any other way. Destiny and choice are the same thing. You chose to be here, so it couldn't have happened any other way.
G. Willow Wilson quotes: Conscience. Conscience is the ultimate measure of a man. Conscience. Conscience is the ultimate measure of a man.
G. Willow Wilson quotes: I didn't believe in spiritual homelands, and found God as readily in a strip mall as in a mosque. I didn't believe in spiritual homelands, and found God as readily in a strip mall as in a mosque.
G. Willow Wilson quotes: The act of concealment had become more powerful than what it concealed. The act of concealment had become more powerful than what it concealed.
G. Willow Wilson quotes: I think every Muslim woman has to feel the world out for herself. I think every Muslim woman has to feel the world out for herself.
G. Willow Wilson quotes: Nobody as the right to give up on a whole generation before it's even had a right to prove itself. Nobody as the right to give up on a whole generation before it's even had a right to prove itself.
G. Willow Wilson quotes: The more you put out there, the more you have to resolve. 'Air' is the most literary comic I've written so far, and that poses problems. The more you put out there, the more you have to resolve. 'Air' is the most literary comic I've written so far, and that poses problems.
G. Willow Wilson quotes: My faith did not require beauty or belonging - the deeper I went into my practice, the less it required at all. My faith did not require beauty or belonging - the deeper I went into my practice, the less it required at all.
G. Willow Wilson quotes: Society didn't mind if you broke the rules; it only required you to acknowledge them. Society didn't mind if you broke the rules; it only required you to acknowledge them.
G. Willow Wilson quotes: There are few things more overwhelming than love in hostile territory. There are few things more overwhelming than love in hostile territory.
G. Willow Wilson quotes: I suppose every innovation started out as a fantasy. I suppose every innovation started out as a fantasy.
G. Willow Wilson quotes: Culture belongs to the imagination; to judge it rationally is to misunderstand its function. Culture belongs to the imagination; to judge it rationally is to misunderstand its function.
G. Willow Wilson quotes: You can't really separate modernity from history or spiritual concerns from mundane ones. Everything feeds into everything else. You can't really separate modernity from history or spiritual concerns from mundane ones. Everything feeds into everything else.
G. Willow Wilson quotes: In Arab Islamic society, it is traditionally taboo to criticize the lifestyle or personal philosophy of any practicing Muslim. In Arab Islamic society, it is traditionally taboo to criticize the lifestyle or personal philosophy of any practicing Muslim.
G. Willow Wilson quotes: When you write for a comic series, many superheroes have 60 or some years of history that you are coming into. When you write for a comic series, many superheroes have 60 or some years of history that you are coming into.
G. Willow Wilson quotes: There is infinite space within a human life. There is infinite space within a human life.
G. Willow Wilson quotes: If she was pretty and well-mannered, a daughter could marry up; a son could not. A son needed his own prospects. If she was pretty and well-mannered, a daughter could marry up; a son could not. A son needed his own prospects.
G. Willow Wilson quotes: In 2003, as a 21-year-old convert to Islam, I moved from Colorado to Cairo to see what life was like in a Muslim country. In 2003, as a 21-year-old convert to Islam, I moved from Colorado to Cairo to see what life was like in a Muslim country.
G. Willow Wilson quotes: 'Butterfly Mosque' came out of the emails I wrote to family and friends back home after moving to Egypt. 'Butterfly Mosque' came out of the emails I wrote to family and friends back home after moving to Egypt.
G. Willow Wilson quotes: Metaphors are dangerous. Calling something by a false name changes it, and metaphor is just a fancy way of calling something by a false name. Metaphors are dangerous. Calling something by a false name changes it, and metaphor is just a fancy way of calling something by a false name.
G. Willow Wilson quotes: When I am in Egypt, I am along for the ride - I am a privileged outsider, but an outsider nonetheless. When I am in Egypt, I am along for the ride - I am a privileged outsider, but an outsider nonetheless.
G. Willow Wilson quotes: No," said Dina. "We don't burn books.""Who's we?""People with an ounce of brain. No," said Dina. "We don't burn books."
"Who's we?"
"People with an ounce of brain.
G. Willow Wilson quotes: I do hope the success of 'Ms. Marvel' will open doors for other characters and other creators. I do hope the success of 'Ms. Marvel' will open doors for other characters and other creators.
G. Willow Wilson quotes: There's a burden of representation that comes into play when there aren't enough representatives of a certain group in popular culture. There's a burden of representation that comes into play when there aren't enough representatives of a certain group in popular culture.
G. Willow Wilson quotes: That's half of heroing. Noticing things. That's half of heroing. Noticing things.
G. Willow Wilson quotes: A story is a story, and one may glean from it what one likes. Good sense need not enter into it. A story is a story, and one may glean from it what one likes. Good sense need not enter into it.
G. Willow Wilson quotes: These are not the banu adam you're looking for. These are not the banu adam you're looking for.
G. Willow Wilson quotes: All translations are made up" opined Vikram, "Languages are different for a reason. You can't move ideas between them without losing something All translations are made up" opined Vikram, "Languages are different for a reason. You can't move ideas between them without losing something
G. Willow Wilson quotes: I was born in New Jersey and lived there until I was about 10, so Jersey is in my roots. I was born in New Jersey and lived there until I was about 10, so Jersey is in my roots.
G. Willow Wilson quotes: Revolutions are ninety percent social diarrhea. Revolutions are ninety percent social diarrhea.
G. Willow Wilson quotes: Metaphors: knowledge existing in several states simultaneously and without contradiction. Metaphors: knowledge existing in several states simultaneously and without contradiction.
G. Willow Wilson quotes: Good is not a thing you are. It's a thing you do. Good is not a thing you are. It's a thing you do.
G. Willow Wilson quotes: To me, writing an ongoing series feels like driving a freight train downhill. All you can do is steer and pray. To me, writing an ongoing series feels like driving a freight train downhill. All you can do is steer and pray.
G. Willow Wilson quotes: Being a Muslim in America, I've noticed that there's a ton of crossover between the Muslim community and geekdom. Being a Muslim in America, I've noticed that there's a ton of crossover between the Muslim community and geekdom.
G. Willow Wilson quotes: Islam is antiauthoritarian, sex-positive monotheism. Islam is antiauthoritarian, sex-positive monotheism.
G. Willow Wilson quotes: How weak your little fleshy hands are. Have you ever done anything with them but type and fondle yourself? How weak your little fleshy hands are. Have you ever done anything with them but type and fondle yourself?
G. Willow Wilson quotes: But being someone else isn't liberating. It's exhausting. But being someone else isn't liberating. It's exhausting.
G. Willow Wilson quotes: The Qur'an is in many ways far less concrete than the Bible, relying on the esoteric more often than the apparent. The Qur'an is in many ways far less concrete than the Bible, relying on the esoteric more often than the apparent.
G. Willow Wilson quotes: People love to talk about new and different. They don't always love to buy and read new and different. People love to talk about new and different. They don't always love to buy and read new and different.
G. Willow Wilson quotes: Wonder and awe have gone out of your religions. You are prepared to accept the irrational, but not the transcendent. Wonder and awe have gone out of your religions. You are prepared to accept the irrational, but not the transcendent.
G. Willow Wilson quotes: It's why men are meant to have beards - growing all that hair leaves no energy for moodiness. Much more dignified. It's why men are meant to have beards - growing all that hair leaves no energy for moodiness. Much more dignified.
G. Willow Wilson quotes: Superheroes don't often get their powers in one fell swoop. It's like superhero puberty. Superheroes don't often get their powers in one fell swoop. It's like superhero puberty.
G. Willow Wilson quotes: Once you discover that the world rewards reckless faith, no lesser world is worth contemplating. Once you discover that the world rewards reckless faith, no lesser world is worth contemplating.
G. Willow Wilson quotes: Some languages expand not only your ability to speak to different people but what you're able to think. Some languages expand not only your ability to speak to different people but what you're able to think.
G. Willow Wilson quotes: I think lot of Muslims have gotten fatigued by the way Muslim characters, even 'positive' ones, are portrayed in the media. I think lot of Muslims have gotten fatigued by the way Muslim characters, even 'positive' ones, are portrayed in the media.
G. Willow Wilson quotes: It's patently impossible for a Muslim character to represent 'all Muslims.' It's patently impossible for a Muslim character to represent 'all Muslims.'
G. Willow Wilson quotes: It is only given to women to see without being seen - men must act in the open, or not at all. It is only given to women to see without being seen - men must act in the open, or not at all.
G. Willow Wilson quotes: We try men through one another. - Quran 6:53 We try men through one another. - Quran 6:53
G. Willow Wilson quotes: Many of us prefer to live in places abandoned by humans. Less work for us. Detroit is very popular. Many of us prefer to live in places abandoned by humans. Less work for us. Detroit is very popular.
G. Willow Wilson quotes: Oh my God, can we not talk about puberty?! I'm still not over my mom's "you're a woman now" speech. Oh my God, can we not talk about puberty?! I'm still not over my mom's "you're a woman now" speech.
G. Willow Wilson quotes: There are very religious people who write comics and who love comics. There are very religious people who write comics and who love comics.
G. Willow Wilson quotes: What are you thinking?" she asked. "I'm thinking that you are all good things in one place," he said. What are you thinking?" she asked. "I'm thinking that you are all good things in one place," he said.
G. Willow Wilson quotes: The only power worth a snot is the power to get up after you fall down. The only power worth a snot is the power to get up after you fall down.
G. Willow Wilson quotes: I don't think there's something inherently irreligious about comics. I don't think there's something inherently irreligious about comics.
G. Willow Wilson quotes: Good is not a thing you are. It is a thing you do. Good is not a thing you are. It is a thing you do.
G. Willow Wilson quotes: Sometimes you need to see a place through new eyes in order to understand what you've missed. Sometimes you need to see a place through new eyes in order to understand what you've missed.

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