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more demeaning if she had observed them. Occasionally you like to ask yourself: What is it you want from her love? I answer simply that I want to love her. When life is gushing through a soul, is it right to question what the point is? There’s no ulterior motive for it. It’s only tradition that has linked the two words: ‘love’ and ‘marriage.’ It is not merely the differences of age and class that make marriage an impossible goal for someone in my situation. It
The Cairo Trilogy: Palace Walk, Palace of Desire, Sugar Street; Introduction by Sabry Hafez (Everyman's Library Contemporary Classics Series Book 248)
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