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“It’s the loneliest people who love books the most.�
That was the real reason abuse was so common, Isra thought for the first time. Not only because there was no government protection, but because women were raised to believe they were worthless, shameful creatures who deserved to get beaten, who were made to depend on the men who beat them.
Sadness was like a cancer, she thought, a presence that staked its claim so quietly you might not even notice it until it was too late.
“The cruelest thing on this earth is a man’s heart.�
