Somehow I had also convinced myself that my redemption coul… - Laila Lalami

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Somehow I had also convinced myself that my redemption could only come from some force outside of me-that if I were useful to others, they would save me. What a terrible thing to believe. I had to stop playing a part in my own misery. I had to save my own life. (p129)

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Laila Lalami (born 1968) is a Moroccan-American novelist, essayist, and professor.

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