quotes from samatya an egyptian woman among the children of israel's book
TRANSCRIPT
The people of misfortune are not only the prophets, but also many others that you may see
around you.
Whatever the hardship of life, and whatever the harshness of test and trial was, the same
fate with which our misfortune is preordained may bestow upon us, above
others, a special gift that outweighs all other things, even if they were the treasures of the
whole world.
Darling, you pray to your god for me, and I pray to my god
for you too, asking for guidance. The true and
stronger god will end our dispute in the matter
Everything went according to God’s will, even if it seemed to
us, apparently, that we were the ones who made the
choices ourselves
Masters were always right, and their justifications were acceptable, even if they were wrong; while poor people were always
guilty, none of their justifications was acceptable, and might be used against them
too, even if they were the victims.
Sometimes days seemed to be similar, as if they were all born
from the same womb
A woman is the one who really has the reins that direct a relationship with any man
The colours of sadness and happiness were mingled
together upon her face like a sad painting, of which the master colour was tears
Fear and sadness fought together in her eyes. Then
tears proclaimed sadness was the winner.