180 Quotes by G. Willow Wilson

The act of concealment had become more powerful than what it concealed.

Destiny and choice are the same thing. You chose to be here, so it couldn’t have happened any other way.

Revolutions are 90% social diarrhea.

The few Americans he had encountered in his lifetime had all seemed flat to him, as if freedom weakened one’s capacity for intense emotion by demanding too little of it.

Through the bile and ignorance of the radical imams and self-righteous apostates, through the spin of the news networks and the pomposity of academics, I saw a straight, unwavering line. How could I be disappointed? I did not believe in Islam; I opened my eyes every morning and saw it.

It will be a long while until I shall call myself well. I think perhaps too long – longer than I have left to live. But for now, I feel a great deal better than I did, and that is enough.

Oh my God, can we not talk about puberty?! I’m still not over my mom’s “you’re a woman now” speech.

In Arab Islamic society, it is traditionally taboo to criticize the lifestyle or personal philosophy of any practicing Muslim.

Real tolerance means respecting other people even when they baffle you and you have no idea why they think what they think.