Quotes Tagged With :unassimilated

In the privacy of her century-worn house she donned an old burka to stay warm. Years earlier, the ragged....

Saul had gained his six-foot frame at sixteen, but his muscles didn’t arrive until his early twenties.....

Civil order mattered. Zoe didn’t know why Farah continued to wear the headscarf, but most Middle-Eastern....

Zoe leaned closer to Ruth, nearly nose to nose. “If they were made from better stuff, they would have....

All the way, Zoe kept her chin up and pretended she wasn’t mortified, but his sour expression stayed....

People, like buildings, have facades. Tom created his. His walk was a feat. It had taken him twenty years....

Being articulate is no guarantee of intelligence,” Zoe said. “I’m not doubting the value of education.....

Some people want you to call them rabbi; some people want you to call them American; some people want....

Zoe stopped one last time in front of the mirror, adjusting her new American dress. She didn’t see....

The dean put a finger to his chin as he studied this great and troubling mystery. The applicant’s response....