I had been pushed further and further into a fate from which no escape or reprieve seemed possible. And so… — Laila Lalami
I had been pushed further and further into a fate from which no escape or reprieve seemed possible. And so there came a moment when I stopped struggling, when I decided that I would cease making any more plans to return to the old days. I made up my mind to look upon the present as exactly what it was: it was all I had. (p232)
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