Silence Is My Mother Tongue Quotes

“I didn't choose for my job to be a secret, Nasnet said. It's ironic, though. Society makes it so and then they try to oust you and ostracize you for the secret they have demanded and imposed in the first place.”
― Sulaiman Addonia, Silence Is My Mother Tongue

“First we root our sensibility in the camp, and with each seed sown a bit of that fear is stripped off.”
― Sulaiman Addonia, Silence Is My Mother Tongue

“Saba? What’s going on? It’s the mother, said Saba. I wish she was more like yours. How do you know my mother would have been different? asked Zahra. She is a fighter, said Saba. All women are fighters, said Zahra. It is just that we fight different wars. My mother carrying a gun doesn’t make her stronger than your mother, who’s been fighting for you since your father left.”
― Sulaiman Addonia, Silence Is My Mother Tongue