Author: Leila Slimani

Quotes

I don't listen to music. I know it's weird, and I have no explanation for that. But I never do.

I don't listen to music. I know it's weird, and I have no explanation for that. But I never do.

- Leila Slimani

I like anti-hero women. Negative female characters interest me.

I like anti-hero women. Negative female characters interest me.

- Leila Slimani

Authorities in Rabat believe that if we create a Moroccan character, even in a work of fiction, we are responsible for the image of Moroccan women.

Authorities in Rabat believe that if we create a Moroccan character, even in a work of fiction, we are responsible for the image of Moroccan women.

- Leila Slimani

I think maternal instinct is a male construct that has been used for centuries to keep women in their place, at home.

I think maternal instinct is a male construct that has been used for centuries to keep women in their place, at home.

- Leila Slimani

Motherhood is not only something very pure and very full of love, it can be full of dark things, too.

Motherhood is not only something very pure and very full of love, it can be full of dark things, too.

- Leila Slimani

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