What the Body Remembers Quotes

“I do not need to understand words to know he is disappointed I am not a boy. Some things need no translation. And I know, because my body remembers without benefit of words, that men who do not welcome girl-babies will not treasure me as I grow to woman - though he call me princess just because the Guru told him to.

I have come so far, I have borne so much pain and emptiness!

But men have not yet changed.”
― Shauna Singh Baldwin, What the Body Remembers

“Learning is just remembering slowly, like simmer coming to boil.”
― Shauna Singh Baldwin, What the Body Remembers

“Vaheguru, forgive me, but a woman must choose the wisdom of lies over the dangers of truth.”
― Shauna Singh Baldwin, What the Body Remembers

“Why does Papaji tell Jeevan this story? Roop wonders. Whenever Gujri tells Roop a story, se reminds Roop that stories are not told for th telling, but for the teaching.”
― Shauna Singh Baldwin, What the Body Remembers

“She leans over Roop the way Sardarji leaned over Satya the years she cried for children, brushing tears from Roop's heavy lashes with her lips. She strokes her head as a mother would, says. "Slpee little one, we are together now."
And Roop sleeps, overcome by the afternoon heat.
While Satya watches her.
So trusting, so very stupid.”
― Shauna Singh Baldwin, What the Body Remembers