Touba and the Meaning of Night

is like flowing water. She moves forth, purifies the air, gives life to earth. One must be patient

through the mud. You will become the infamous one, your children will turn their backs on you, your relatives will pull away from you. You see, it is a life of loneliness, but once and for all it should be you who says no

The order of things is such that you will be left alone from here on, and this is obligatory. This society cannot tolerate a single woman in search of love; if you wish to do this, they will drag your name

those days people killed without reason, as though blood had become a perfume and everyone needed to smell that fragrance

She decided to bury the girl under the pomegranate tree.

he was pregnant, Madam.”

One who does not know love cannot fight.’

decided to keep her shoes on and stepped on the carpet, fully conscious of what pain had gone into weaving it, how many backs had been bent and how many eyes had lost sight

not feel comfortable about a woman learning the secrets of “The Truth.”

Heaven forbid, he has no shape or form. God exists everywhere