You Cannot Survive If You Do Not

It Brought Back To Mind The Injustice I Spoke Of, The Solitude That Oppresses Women Intent On Defending Their Own Destinies, Their Own Dreams, Their Own Mistakes.

But Here's What I've Learned In This War, In This Country, In This City: To Love The Miracle Of Having Been Born.

You Cannot Survive If You Do Not Know The Past.

Sometimes I Ask Myself Whether [indira Gandhi] Had, Even Then, A Certain Contempt For The System She Represented And, Years Later, Would Overthrow.

Arafat Contradicts Himself Every Five Minutes. He Always Plays The Double-cross, Lies Even If You Ask Him What Time It Is.