“Readying for prayer was like shoving into a cupboard all the junk and clutter, before God came to visit the house of… — Elif Shafak Cupboard Copy Share Image
“East, west, south, or north makes little difference. No matter what your destination, just be sure to make every journey a journey… — Elif Shafak Destination Copy Share Image
“It had just hit her why and how people could fall in love with Istanbul, in spite of all the sorrow it… — Elif Shafak Fall in love Copy Share Image
“As for women, whether they know it or not, they are name nomads. Their surnames are here today, gone tomorrow. Throughout their… — Elif Shafak Copy Share Image
“It is never too late to ask yourself, ‘Am I ready to change the life I am living? Am I ready to… — Elif Shafak Copy Share Image
“Certainty was to curiosity what the sun was to the wings of Icarus. Where one shone forcefully, the other couldn't survive. With… — Elif Shafak Belief Copy Share Image
“That, too, was one of his rules: Most of the problems of the world stem from linguistic mistakes and simple misunderstandings. Don’t… — Elif Shafak Face value Copy Share Image
“This he had noticed while doing his military service back in Turkey. When more than three people slept in a narrow place,… — Elif Shafak Breaths Copy Share Image
“Different subjects required different sitting arrangements, Azur explained. For politics, scattered and amorphous; for sociology, a neat triangle; for statistics, a rectangle;… — Elif Shafak Different subjects Copy Share Image
“There are two kinds of cities in the world: those that reassure their residents that tomorrow and the day after, and the… — Elif Shafak Copy Share Image
“One of the most notorious slogans of ultra-nationalism in Turkey has been ‘Either love it or leave it!’ It is meant to… — Elif Shafak Love Copy Share Image
“Pity the fool who thinks the boundaries of his mortal mind are the boundaries of God the Almighty. Pity the ignorant who… — Elif Shafak Death Copy Share Image
“Ironically, [living in] communities of the like - minded is one of the greatest dangers of today ́s globalized world. And it… — Elif Shafak Community Copy Share Image
“the hearts of all mystic lovers.” Likewise when Ibn Arabi, the distinguished philosopher, writer, and mystic, saw the young Rumi walking behind… — Elif Shafak Mystic Copy Share Image
“Fret not where the road will take you. Instead concentrate on the first step. That’s the hardest part and that’s what you… — Elif Shafak First step Copy Share Image
“As I do next to all women who glow with this kind of femininity, I feel like an impostor, a poor imitation… — Elif Shafak Femininity Copy Share Image
“The working hours were long and the pay not great. Still, no waiter had resigned to this day; instead they would get… — Elif Shafak Copy Share Image
“He tip-toed past the double bed that had been placed in a corner - wrought-iron headboard, embroidered pillows, amulets against the evil-eye… — Elif Shafak Blue Copy Share Image
“Tell me, if you teach someone the alphabet, how can you stop him from reading? When one has tasted the elixir of… — Elif Shafak Copy Share Image
“If you couldn't help harboring higher aspirations in life, you should at least harbor only simple desires, reduced in passion and ambition,… — Elif Shafak Ambition Copy Share Image
![“Ironically, [living in] communities of the like - minded is one of the greatest dangers of today ́s globalized world. And it ́s happening everywhere, among liberals and conservatives, agnostics and believers, the rich and the poor, East and West alike. We tend to form clusters based on similarity…” quote by Elif Shafak](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/803/elif-shafak-1594_community_ironically-living-in-communities-of-the_1898983.jpg)
