What she really meant was: here is my heart, have a care.

Jodi Picoult
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This quote comes from a story about a young girl named Aisha. She was a slave, and she was owned by a man named Umar ibn al-Khattab. Aisha had been his servant for many years, and he knew the girl’s family well. One day Aisha gave him a necklace.

This is what she says: “My master, my father, he loves me dearly. I want to make him happy by giving him this necklace.” The necklace was from her mother’s family in Yemen. The necklace had been passed down through her mother’s family in Yemen for many generations.

Her mother’s family in Yemen thought that it was very precious. When she gave it to her master, he realized its value immediately and said: “You have done well! You have given me a treasure!”

Source: Salem Falls

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