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He seemed smaller than before, as if he had shrunk. Maybe that’s what happens when the soul slips away.
She thinks again about the five lakes of blood and wonders, How many lakes must be filled with their blood, the blood of the untouchables, to free them from the yoke they have carried for thousands of years?
olive is a noble foodstuff, he concluded, smiling. A symbol of peace.
Sikhs believed that all religions led to the same god, and that as such, all deserved respect.
The Sikh religion considers a woman to have the same soul as a man, he said. Sikhism treated both sexes alike.
They did not know it was impossible, so they did it.
The woman you see in the mirror should be your best friend, not your worst enemy,
Never again will she be a woman cut in two.
As she leaves the salon, Sarah thinks of the woman who gave up her hair, of the Sicilian workers who disentangled and treated it, with such infinite patience. She thinks of the woman who assembled the wig. She feels as if the whole world is working to help her heal. She remembers the phrase from the Talmud: Whoever saves one life saves the world entire. Today, the whole world is saving her, and Sarah is filled with gratitude.
