7 Harem Quotes for You to Enjoy

Critics are like eunuchs in a harem; they know how it's done, they've seen it done every day, but they're unable to do it themselves. Brendan Behan

Day Every Day Seen Every Unable Critics Like Know How Done Themselves Harem

The flower is a jumble of thighs, the sun's harem - the most oriental thing imaginable. Malcolm de Chazal

Flower Sun Most Jumble Oriental Thighs Thing Imaginable Harem

One cannot understand what's happening to women in the Middle East if they don't realize that the mothers are a strong, progressive force. The mothers push the daughters to get out of the harem, to get the education, to achieve what they could not even dream of. Fatema Mernissi

While Muslim men describe themselves as insecure in their harems, real or imagined, Westerners describe themselves as self-assured heroes with no fears of women. The tragic dimension so present in Muslim harems - fear of women and male self-doubt - is missing in the Western harem. Fatema Mernissi

A woman can walk miles without making one single step forward. As a child born in a harem, I instinctively knew that to live is to open closed doors. To live is to look outside. To live is to step out. Life is trespassing. Fatema Mernissi

Life Woman Walk Single Closed Doors Live Out Born Outside Open Step Step Forward Knew Instinctively Look Without Making Child Closed Doors Miles Forward Harem