“Granting an equal vote to the ignorant is like handing matches to a toddler” — Elif Shafak Equality Copy Share Image
“Aziz was that rare type of man a woman could love without losing her self-respect.” — Elif Shafak Feminism Copy Share Image
“Choose Love, Love! Without the sweet life of Love, living is a burden—as you have seen.” — Elif Shafak Burden Copy Share Image
“Her insanın erafında bir renk halesi vardır. Seninkini biliyor musun?” — Elif Shafak Copy Share Image
“There was something in the color white that resembled silence. Both were emptied of life.” — Elif Shafak Color white Copy Share Image
“It was always like this. When you spoke the truth, they hated you. The more you talked about love, the more they… — Elif Shafak Bigotry Copy Share Image
“Patience does not mean to passively endure. It means to be farsighted enough to trust the end result of a process” — Elif Shafak End result Copy Share Image
“There were many words piled up inside my chest, stories waiting to be told. I wanted to hand all this knowledge to… — Elif Shafak Companions Copy Share Image
“Busbecq believed there were two blessings in life: books and friends. And that they should be possessed in inverse quantities: many books,… — Elif Shafak Blessings in life Copy Share Image
“For despite what some people say, love is not only a sweet feeling bound to come and quickly go away. Her” — Elif Shafak Love Copy Share Image
“Religious people are so confident of having God by their side that they think they are superior to everyone else” — Elif Shafak Confidence Copy Share Image
“Things that can seem malicious or unfortunate are often a blessing in disguise, whereas things that might seem unpleasant can be harmful… — Elif Shafak Blessing in disguise Copy Share Image
“You dervishes are as crazy as rats in a pantry. Especially you wandering types. All day long you fast and pray and… — Elif Shafak Copy Share Image
“In truth, food (within reason, don't go overboard) and beverages (non-alcoholic, we need our brains sober) are encouraged- not only because they… — Elif Shafak Food Copy Share Image
“You say you are ready to deliver your knowledge to another person. You want to hold the Truth in your palm as… — Elif Shafak Knowledge Copy Share Image
“One would expect writers and artists to understand one another better than anyone else and to be more appreciative of one another’s… — Elif Shafak Art Copy Share Image
“To her way of thinking, anyone who can't rise up and rebel, anyone devoid of the ability to dissent, cannot really be… — Elif Shafak Life Copy Share Image
“Inside, I found three things: a silver mirror, a silk handkerchief, and a glass flask of ointment. These items will help you… — Elif Shafak Copy Share Image
“Put in my place by these words, I jumped to my feet and bowed before the peasant. How could I, a minor… — Elif Shafak Copy Share Image
“Motherlands are beloved, no doubt; sometimes they can also be exasperating and maddening.Yet I have also come to learn that for writers… — Elif Shafak Motherland Copy Share Image
“If a stone hits a river, the river will treat it as yet another commotion in its already tumultuous course. Nothing unusual.… — Elif Shafak Inspirational quotes Copy Share Image
“One of the rules says, You can study God through everything and everyone in the universe, because God is not confined in… — Elif Shafak Spiritual Copy Share Image
“Why did it have to be this way? Why did she not feel attracted to this boy, who was kind and personable,… — Elif Shafak Copy Share Image
“Time, like a skilful tailor, had seamlessly stitched together the two fabrics that sheathed Peri’s life: what people thought of her and… — Elif Shafak Broken pieces Copy Share Image
“Hasan, the Begger: Believe it or not, they call this purgatory on earth “holy-suffering”. I am a leper stuck in limbo. Neither… — Elif Shafak Almost love Copy Share Image
“I'm not one of those pious types who spend their whole lives hunched on prayer rugs while their eyes and hearts remain… — Elif Shafak Books Copy Share Image
“Though books were potentially harmful, novels were all the more dangerous. The path of fiction could easily mislead you into the cosmos… — Elif Shafak Copy Share Image
“...why is it that, in creative writing courses today, the very first thing we teach students is write what you know? Perhaps… — Elif Shafak Creative writing Copy Share Image
“Before passing through the gates of a town I've never visited, I take a minute to salute its saints - the dead… — Elif Shafak Connection Copy Share Image
“Some cities you go to because you want to; some cities you go to because they want you to.” — Elif Shafak Cities Copy Share Image
