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I am sinner, I am saint. I am the beloved and the betrayed. I have no joys that are not yours, no aches which are not yours. I too call myself I.

— Kamala Surayya

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If wrappings of cloth can impart respectability, the most respectable persons are the Egyptian mummies, all wrapped in layers and layers of gauze.

A book is a good substitute for a man. Fiction, preferably.

Like other women writers of my class, I am expected to tame my talent to suit the comfort of my family.

Wipe out the paints, unmould the clay, Let nothing remain of that yesterday.

You didn't ever love him, but you were sentimental about him.

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