Sultana's Dream Quotes

“Why do you allow yourselves to be shut up?'

'Because it cannot be helped as they are stronger than women.'

'A lion is stronger than a man, but it does not enable him to dominate the human race. You have neglected the duty you owe to yourselves and you have lost your natural rights by shutting your eyes to your own interests.”
― Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain, Sultana's Dream

“Your kitchen is not inferior to a queen's boudoir!' I replied with a pleasant smile, 'but we must leave it now; for the gentlemen may be cursing me for keeping them away from their duties in the kitchen so long.' We both laughed heartily.”
― Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain, Sultana's Dream

“How can you trust those untrained men out of doors?”
― Roquia Sakhawat Hussain, Sultana's Dream

“আমি কারসিয়ং ও মধূপুর বেড়াইতে গিয়া সুন্দর সুদর্শন পাথর কুড়াইয়াছি; উড়িষ্যা ও মাদ্রাজে সাগরতীরে বেড়াইতে গিয়া বিচিত্র বর্ণের বিবিধ আকারের ঝিনুক কুড়াইয়া আনিয়াছি। আর জীবনের ২৫ বৎসর ধরিয়া সমাজসেবা করিয়া কাঠমোল্লাদের অভিসম্পাত কুড়াইতেছি।”
― Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain, অবরোধ-বাসিনী

“Sister Sara laughed too. 'But dear Sultana, how unfair it is to shut in the harmless women and let loose the men.' 'Why? It is not safe for us to come out of the zenana, as we are naturally weak.' 'Yes, it is not safe so long as there are men about the streets, nor is it so when a wild animal enters a marketplace.”
― Roquia Sakhawat Hussain, Sultana's Dream