Your rebellion against religion was a sudden leap I didn't expect.'" — Naguib Mahfouz

Kamal felt like a man suddenly finds himself beneath a streetcar, after feeling completely satisfied about his safety and security.'"

There was a change in his heart too. He felt aversion and repulsion."

Her anguish over the changes that had befallen her was considerable, although at first she had welcomed them as an expression of her grief. Then she had begun to wonder anxiously if she might not need her health to get through the remainder of her life."