Blood Feast Quotes

“Men can say anything and everything, it’s all accepted. But if a woman expresses what she’s burning to say, then shame on her, she’s got no manners. We’re accustomed to men saying everything on behalf of women. They want us to just be pretty and keep quiet!”
― Malika Moustadraf, Blood Feast: The Complete Short Stories of Malika Moustadraf

“Women have always been, and still are, accused of being the true protagonists of what they write. Why are women prosecuted for what they write, unlike men? Quite simply, because we live in a patriarchal society.”
― Malika Moustadraf, Blood Feast: The Complete Short Stories of Malika Moustadraf

“You don’t have the right to choose life; your only choice is between dying immediately, all up front, or dying in installments over the course of months and years.”
― Malika Moustadraft, Blood Feast: The Complete Short Stories of Malika Moustadraf

“Death will steal in through your pores; it’ll eat into your bones and your chest and your heart, and eat from the same plate as you, and creep into you on the air you breathe. And eventually you’ll get used to its presence; you’ll start to feel more at ease having it around. You’ll befriend it. But because death is a cowardly traitor, it’ll come at you from behind and betray you: Azrael will play his game with you when you’re least expecting him—he always comes when we’re least expecting him!”
― Malika Moustadraft, Blood Feast: The Complete Short Stories of Malika Moustadraf