Laila

"I am running away from the man who has been nothing but cursed to me."

"There is no God up there watching us."

"Love is what gives us strength."

"This is my life, and I will live it as I see fit."

"I am not worthy of your forgiveness."

"You are a creature of God. You deserve dignity."

"There is no me without you."

"I cannot bear to see you like this."

"But I was just a girl then, and I didn't understand."

"We are bound by more than blood."

"There is no good in anything if you rob people of their choice."

"I am walking, but I am not going anywhere."

"I will not be a victim."

"There is no good in anything if it robs you of your dignity."

"She would be a good mother. She would love her children fiercely."

"I feel like I'm drowning in sand."

"A woman's life is her own."

"I am that version of her. I am the vessel in which her hopes have been entrusted."

"She would make choices. She would live her own life."

"But there was always a way to fight back."

"She would not be a victim."

"There is no shame in what happened to you."

"There is a way to be a good person again."

"The wrong answer is to accept, is to resign yourself to it."

"I'm going to wear whatever I want."

"There is no honor in stoning a woman to death for adultery."

"I deserve better than this life."

"Books are like water in the desert."

"Every time someone dies, a library burns."

"She understood that she'd made a terrible mistake."