Quotes from Samatya An Egyptian Woman Among the Children of Israel's book

The people of misfortune are not only the prophets, but also many others that you may see

around you.

Whatever the hardship of life, and whatever the harshness of test and trial was, the same

fate with which our misfortune is preordained may bestow upon us, above

others, a special gift that outweighs all other things, even if they were the treasures of the

whole world.

Darling, you pray to your god for me, and I pray to my god

for you too, asking for guidance. The true and

stronger god will end our dispute in the matter

Everything went according to God’s will, even if it seemed to

us, apparently, that we were the ones who made the

choices ourselves

Masters were always right, and their justifications were acceptable, even if they were wrong; while poor people were always

guilty, none of their justifications was acceptable, and might be used against them

too, even if they were the victims.

Sometimes days seemed to be similar, as if they were all born

from the same womb

A woman is the one who really has the reins that direct a relationship with any man

The colours of sadness and happiness were mingled

together upon her face like a sad painting, of which the master colour was tears

Fear and sadness fought together in her eyes. Then

tears proclaimed sadness was the winner.

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