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Quotes from Woman at Point Zero — Nawal El Saadawi

1931–2021 Egypt

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6 quotes

"Life is very hard. The only people who really live are those who are harder than life itself."

Woman at Point Zero (1975)

"My work is not worthy of respect. Why then do you join in it with me?"

Woman at Point Zero (1975)

"All my life I have been searching for something that would fill me with pride, make me feel superior to everyone else, including kings, princes and rulers."

Woman at Point Zero (1975)

"Do you prefer oranges or tangerines?"

Woman at Point Zero (1975)

"Every single man I did get to know filled me with but one desire: to lift my hand and bring it smashing down on his face."

Woman at Point Zero (1975)

"The woman sitting on the ground in front of me was a real woman, and the voice filling my ears with its sound, echoing in a cell where the window and door were tightly shut, could only be her voice, the voice of Firdaus."

Woman at Point Zero (1975)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Nawal El Saadawi (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.